Car museums & collections in USA

Largest Cadillac collection in the world, 80+ cars assembled by retired eye surgeon Dr. Steven Greenberg and his wife, housed in a former Cadillac dealership across 4 buildings.

Hibbing museum marking the 1914 birthplace of the bus industry (Greyhound), founded 1989.

Combined car-and-taxidermy museum founded by hunter Lynn "Scoot" Grice, displaying roughly 75 automobiles alongside 800+ mounted game trophies.

Dedicated antique-car building within the larger 30+ building Gunnison Pioneer Museum complex, roughly 90 vehicles seeded by a donation from collector Andy Mallett.

Gilmore partner museum of the H.H. Franklin Manufacturing Company (Syracuse, NY), maker of America's most successful air-cooled automobile from 1902-1934.

Private motorcycle museum founded by Bobby Haas, showcasing over 230 rare, vintage, and custom motorcycles alongside sculpture art.

Located at the former du Pont family gunpowder works along the Brandywine River in Wilmington, Hagley is a Smithsonian-affiliated history museum and research library holding early du Pont family automobiles and hosting an annual antique car show.

Private museum in Ames with the largest collection of vintage drag racing dragsters in the region, including NASCAR-connected cars.

Phoenix museum billed as the world's largest firefighting history museum, with more than 100 restored fire trucks, steamers, and hand pumpers dating from 1725 to the early 2000s.

Family-owned museum tied to Lincoln Highway heritage, claiming the world's largest running/driving collection of Edsels under one roof.

Official Harley-Davidson Motor Company museum with 450+ motorcycles across 120+ years, a 130,000 sq ft complex on the Menomonee River in Milwaukee.

A 28-building, 20-acre pioneer/technology village in Minden with 50,000+ artifacts arranged chronologically, including an automobile gallery.

Private collection of roughly 45 high-end classic and collector cars owned by a Cincinnati banker, considered among the best private collections in America.

General history museum, founded 1927, with a "Traveling in Style" exhibit spanning horse-drawn buggies to early horseless carriages and antique vehicles.

Owner-run yard/museum of vintage big rigs and trucks assembled by Dennis Yaworski, with visitors reporting roughly 30 trucks indoors and 150+ outside plus tractors and construction equipment.

Large antique-truck collection (100+ makes) housed within the Heidrick Ag History Center in Woodland, alongside an antique tractor museum.

A 12,000-sq-ft museum in a former armory along Route 66, displaying dozens of vehicles (antique, vintage, muscle, military, racing) plus Route 66 memorabilia and antique motorcycles.

Volunteer-run nonprofit in Lexington dedicated to restoring and displaying historic military vehicles and equipment.

Operating vintage Sunoco filling station and free vehicle display at Hemmings Motor News headquarters, showing roughly 25-36 collector cars, trucks, and motorcycles used in Hemmings publications.

A private, world-class collection of concours-quality and preserved-patina cars curated by Jim and Nancy Henderson in Mobile, viewable by appointment and occasionally by chance.

A free museum and team store at the Hendrick Motorsports race shop campus near Concord, open to the public with viewing of active NASCAR race shops.

A museum-and-gardens complex on Cape Cod whose J.K. Lilly III Automobile Gallery displays antique American automobiles collected by the Lilly family from 1964, chosen for their role in US history.

Gardens-and-museum complex on Cape Cod whose automobile gallery, housed in a reproduction Shaker Round Barn, displays roughly 40 American-made cars from 1899 to 1962, many on loan from area collectors.

Small-town vintage auto museum in Rudyard in a 1947 field-rock former farm-implement building; part of a three-museum complex.

Five-state (ND/SD/NE/WY/MT) regional heritage museum in Spearfish with a "Transportation Room" featuring a stagecoach, chuckwagon, wagons, buggies, and sleighs, plus outdoor antique farm/ranch equipment.

Museum opened 2018 with a collection that has grown past 300 motorcycles, with roughly 150 on display at a time.

An 80,000 sq ft private museum in Roscoe (near Rockford) with the world's largest collection of Presidential/world-leader limousines, gangster-era vehicles, and celebrity memorabilia.

A private classic-car and motorcycle collection/clubhouse (est. 1996) displaying dozens of vehicles spanning roughly a century, including Buick, Plymouth, Pontiac, Jaguar, Studebaker and a Messerschmitt.

A 30,000 sq ft Las Vegas museum curated by Hollywood car builder Jay Ohrberg, showcasing movie- and TV-famous vehicles, plus an attached "Liberace Garage" wing with the entertainer's flamboyant vehicles.

Open since 1996 in downtown Gatlinburg, this museum displays over 50 vehicles used in famous films and television shows, presented in recreated movie-set scenes with lighting and sound.

Honda's first public museum in the U.S., adjacent to its original 1979 Marysville plant; free admission.

Classic car museum in Nocona, self-described as "The Classic Car Capital of Texas."

Was billed as the world's largest Hudson automobile collection (60+ vehicles), assembled by Eldon Hostetler and donated to the Shipshewana Event Center in 2007.

A private hot-rod and drag-racing memorabilia gallery in Monroe built by drag racer Jim Green, adjoining his performance shop; also rented as an event space.

Small muscle car museum that opened in Hot Springs in 2004, displaying roughly 17 cars including multiple Mustangs and Camaros.

A large hot-rod shop/showroom (roughly 200,000 sq ft facility) displaying customs and classics; functions partly as a public-facing showroom.

Small downtown Chanute museum showcasing Howard Alger's classic car collection along with other memorabilia.

Ruidoso Downs museum (formerly Museum of the Horse) with one of the largest horse-drawn vehicle collections in the country plus Western art and artifacts; automotive holdings minimal.

A historical society (founded 1995) preserving the history of Hudson, Essex, Terraplane and related vehicles. Provides Hudson vehicles/displays to museums and manages the National Hudson Motor Car Co. Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

A rural Ferry County collection of rare antique automobiles and trucks alongside a reconstructed steam-powered sawmill, antique farm machinery, and a blacksmith shop.

Bill Kidder's hands-on collection of antique Ford automobiles, children's ride-on toys, steam whistles, horse-drawn carriages, and Americana, with on-site blacksmith and tinsmith shops.

State-run military history museum at Gowen Field (Boise) with static armored vehicle/military transport displays alongside uniforms and firearms.

Former nonprofit military vehicle museum based in Fruitland.

Planned museum in Sauk Rapids built from the personal collection of the late James Feneis (d. 2023), who set up a charitable foundation to convert his garage into a public museum.

Housed in the historic 1891 Pontiac City Hall, with Route 66 memorabilia including vintage cars, gas pumps, and signage.

Hall of fame honoring Illinois stock-car racing figures, co-located inside Historic Auto Attractions in Roscoe.

An automotive museum on the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway housing the IMS Hall of Fame, with ~75 cars displayed at a time from holdings of 200+ race and pace cars, including 30+ Indy 500 winners.

Museum dedicated to monster truck history, honoring drivers and builders in its Hall of Fame.

Planned museum around collector Terry Good's 47-year motocross archive, still seeking a permanent site in northeast Illinois.

A motorsports research library and archive in Watkins Glen dedicated to preserving the history of amateur and professional auto racing worldwide - books, periodicals, records, photographs and film.

Research and archive center in Watkins Glen dedicated to preserving motorsports history, including film, photographs, periodicals, race programs, model cars, and racing art.

Located adjacent to Talladega Superspeedway, this hall of fame and museum honors racing legends across stock car, open-wheel, drag, road racing, and motorcycle disciplines. It includes the McCaig-Wellborn Motorsports Research Library, a 3,000-square-foot research space with over 14,000 volumes.

A 47,000 sq ft museum dedicated to International Harvester/Scout trucks and tractors, run with Super Scout Specialists.

Located in Chattanooga, birthplace of the tow truck, documenting the towing/recovery industry with ~24 historic tow trucks (1913-2002), a Hall of Fame and the world's largest toy tow truck collection.

Located in Chattanooga, the birthplace of the tow truck (invented there in 1916), this museum and hall of fame displays restored antique salvage trucks and cranes alongside artifacts from the towing and recovery industry's history.

Free-admission museum of vintage and antique trucks located at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, billed as the world's largest truckstop.

Former private museum in Rio Rancho (operated 27 years) displaying 60-70+ restored antique/vintage cars and trucks (1907-1966), including Great American Race vehicles.

A private collection (open since 1997) in a 10,000-sq-ft building. Automotive holdings include 24+ early automobiles from 1886-1933, alongside 30+ other collections (phonographs, cameras, pianos, trains, toys).

Small, free, volunteer-run motorcycle museum in Pacific Grove (Monterey area) displaying a personal collection of classic and vintage motorcycles.

A private collection of manual-transmission sports cars housed in "Deerwood Castle," the former North American headquarters of Lamborghini, in Jacksonville, FL.

Museum/event venue founded by Ted O'Dell inside the historic 1895 former Jackson Automobile Company building, initially planned to open April 2021.

Two-floor museum in a former Scranton Electric Company industrial-motor repair building, combining classic cars with 20,000+ pieces of 1950s-60s pop-culture memorabilia.

Working car dealership in Fort Benton maintaining a public antique car/horseless carriage display; a stop on the local Chamber's "Charm Trail."

Free roughly 150-vehicle collection on historic Route 66 in Duarte, assembled by the Justice Brothers (early NASCAR/racing sponsors and automotive-chemical pioneers), featuring vintage race cars, motorcycles, and memorabilia.

Small private motorcycle museum in San Manuel run by the Traweek family, featuring motorcycles dating back to the 1950s tied to their family history.

Gift shop in the White Mountains with a small museum showcasing antique cars and motorcycles restored by the owner.

Chronicles Kansas's role in motorsport history via stories, artifacts, and restored race cars from seven eras, in Chapman.

A nonprofit museum (12,000 sq ft) displaying a rotating collection of ~30 vehicles (classics, exotics, imports) refreshed every 4-6 months, with exhibits on KC automotive heritage and driving simulators.

Downtown Marquette motorcycle museum opened in spring 2003 by Stan and LaVona.

State history museum in Topeka holding the 1908 "Great Smith" automobile, made by the Smith Automobile Company of Topeka, among broader Kansas history collections.

Informal outdoor museum of vintage Mack, International, Sterling, and other trucks assembled by collector Dick Kemp starting in the 1970s.

Local history museum with a dedicated gallery on Kenosha's manufacturing legacy (Jeffery, Nash, Rambler, AMC); cars rotate annually.

16-acre history museum and pioneer village in Bakersfield featuring roughly 40 horse-drawn and early motorized vehicles (largely from the Harry West estate) alongside a restored 1912 Bakersfield trolley car.

A newly built (2022), climate-controlled 501(c)(3) museum displaying a rotating selection of American, English, French and German classic cars from the early 1900s to the early 2000s. Founded by collector Jim Taylor.

Motorcycle museum attached to a working Harley-Davidson & Yamaha dealership, with 218 motorcycles, 24 cars, 20 bicycles, and 2 tractors spanning about 9 decades internationally.

A large museum and event venue in Colonial Heights, Virginia (just off I-95 near Richmond) with over 125,000 square feet of exhibit space devoted to antique trucks, tractors, and related vehicles.

Former private auto museum in Chicago's Belmont Cragin area built on founder Larry Klairmont's 300+-vehicle collection.

Small-town museum combining antique farm machinery and household items with a fully restored 1911 Carter automobile, one of about 500 ever made.

Collection of 100+ vehicles including the world's largest collection of Haynes and Apperson automobiles under one roof, plus modern items like a GM EV-1.

Private fire-protection history collection assembled by Randy Koorsen, housed at the Koorsen Fire & Security training center.

Was a large (192,000 sq ft) combined automotive, carriage, and military-history museum complex near Auburn, tied to Kruse International auctions, opened around 2003.

County historical society museum with an auto wing, the Kesling Automobile Collection donated by Dr. Peter and Charlene Kesling, displaying 30+ vintage automobiles.

Founded 2002 by Jeff Lane in a former Nashville bakery, holding the largest collection of European cars and motorcycles in the US - 500+ vehicles (~150 displayed), emphasizing unusual and one-off designs.

Home to 'America's Oldest Car Collection', the historic motorcars of Larz Anderson and Isabel Weld Perkins (begun 1899), displayed in an 1888 Carriage House.

Roadside folk-art museum near Grand View built by Jack and Belva Lawson, with a recreated vintage service station displaying a Model A car and truck among thousands of pioneer/mining artifacts.

A 128-acre nonprofit showgrounds near Le Sueur with 25+ buildings preserving antique farm equipment, steam/gas/diesel engines, and old cars/trucks; volunteer association founded 1977.

Oregon Trail-area museum in Gering with an 80-acre working farm, historic farmstead structures, and a large collection of antique tractors and farm implements.

Motorcycle museum in Springville built around collector Charlie Salisbury's personal collection of 200+ vintage motorcycles, part of the Legends Motor Co. complex.

A large purpose-built car museum next to the Tacoma Dome (opened 2012), growing out of Harold LeMay's collection (once the world's largest private car collection). Broadly American, spanning the 20th century.

A separate LeMay family entity (distinct from LeMay-America's Car Museum) housed on the 88-acre historic Marymount Military Academy campus in Tacoma, holding the bulk of the LeMay family's roughly 1,500-vehicle collection, once Guinness-recognized as the largest private antique/vintage vehicle collection.

Private collection of 30+ British and European classics, including Jaguars, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, MG, Triumph, and Bentley, housed in a 1920 former Willys-Overland dealership building.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln museum on the East Campus preserving the history of the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory, with about 40 antique/unique tractors.

8-acre private collection in Moriarty with 700+ automobiles plus roughly 1,000 antique toy trucks, trains, and tractors.

One of the most extensive collections related to the Mitchell Wagon Company, Wisconsin Wheel Works, and Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company, run by a direct descendant of the founding families in Boonville.

Historic road-racing circuit opened in 1957, one of the oldest continuously operating road courses in the US, hosting an annual multi-day "Historic Festival" and "Sunday in the Park" concours that function as a living display of vintage racing cars.

A single-marque museum on the Gilmore campus dedicated to Lincoln Motor Company history, displaying coachbuilt Lincolns and a large archive of memorabilia and documents.

~100,000-sq-ft non-profit (founded 2019) celebrating SoCal car culture and motorsports, with 150+ classic cars, race cars and hot rods. Immersive sets recreate a 1960s speed shop and the historic Lions Drag Strip.

A nonprofit museum in South Daytona, FL founded in 1993 to honor pioneers of beach and stock car racing, with a rotating display of historic race cars, photos, and artifacts.

Hill Country motorcycle museum with machines dating from the 1910s to modern era.

Founded in 1948 in Southampton by collector and writer Henry Austin Clark Jr.; historically held the Thomas Flyer that won the 1908 Paris-New York Race.