Car museums & collections in USA

Former Tucumcari museum with classic cars, vintage Americana, and a large Route 66 photograph collection.

Proposed 200,000+ sq ft Manhattan automotive experience center intended to display vehicles visitors can sit in, with a rooftop patio and glass floors.

Private collection of 90-100+ automobiles in 80,000 sq ft of galleries curated by owners Gunther and Maggie Buerman, spanning eight decades of automotive design in themed galleries (Corvettes, Ford/Shelby, Porsches, muscle cars, Mopars).

Located at the Fairplex in Pomona in a historic Art Deco exposition hall, preserving dragsters, land-speed cars, hot rods, and customs that tell the story of American drag racing.

Private collector's early-automobile collection housed in a former bowling alley in Grand Island, centered on the rare Nebraska-built Viele automobile marque.

Dealership-based Harley-Davidson heritage collection similar in concept to the Napoleon Harley-Davidson Museum.

A Mooresville museum and hall of fame honoring drivers and figures across all forms of North Carolina auto racing, from drag racing to stock cars, housing more than 40 cars.

A 60-acre North Carolina state historic site at the former Southern Railway Spencer Shops, primarily focused on railroad history but also housing a significant automobile, truck, and motorcycle collection in its 'Bumper to Bumper' exhibit.

State history museum in Bismarck operated by the State Historical Society of North Dakota, which periodically exhibits vintage vehicles from the state collection, such as a 1900 Holland Special and a 1929 Erskine.

A non-profit museum across five connected buildings, best known for the world's largest collection of Franklin automobiles (Syracuse-built, 1902-1934), plus an extensive New York-built car exhibit.

Established in 1992 to showcase the history of Northeastern dirt Modified stock car racing, with exhibits of historic race cars, classic autos, and racing memorabilia alongside a Hall of Fame.

A volunteer-run nonprofit museum at Powerland Heritage Park in Brooks displaying cars, trucks, and motorcycles from 1909-1980.

Private hot rod museum/collection in Las Vegas displaying restored vehicles from 1910 to 1984, alongside memorabilia and antiques; offers guided tours.

Nonprofit vintage/construction truck museum in Rochester built by Bob Nuss of Nuss Truck & Equipment, focused on early trucking/construction-vehicle history.

A hall of fame honoring pioneers and champions of off-road racing, displaying historic off-road vehicles, inductee biographies, trophies and interactive exhibits.

A small, little-known nonprofit car museum in rural Jewell, GA, described by visitors as an "almost secret" roadside collection of classic automobiles.

Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society in Clinton, this museum traces Route 66's history decade by decade with period vehicles and roadside artifacts.

A classic car dealership/showroom billed as an "Ultimate Man Cave," offering both display and sales of classic vehicles.

Private motorcycle collection/dealer in Ortonville built over about 4 decades by Kevin Backstrand; opened to the public in 2017.

A 32+ acre outdoor "junkyard museum" in White, GA billed as the world's largest classic car junkyard, with thousands of vintage vehicles overgrown by forest, plus folk art and antiques; popular with photographers.

A private, eclectic collection of over 70 vintage vehicles and automobilia in Galax, Virginia, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, paired with an ice cream shop and RV campground.

Private museum holding the world's largest private Hudson automobile collection, plus Maxwell, Essex, Terraplane, Plymouth, and Chrysler vehicles, across two historic former dealership buildings.

City of Ketchum-operated museum housing the Lewis Ore Wagons and mining/transportation artifacts; centerpiece of the annual "Wagon Days" celebration.

The Oregon National Guard's history museum at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas, featuring an outdoor "Tanks & Tracked Vehicles" display alongside indoor exhibits on Oregon's military heritage.

A large automotive museum inside the Dezerland Park entertainment complex on International Drive in Orlando, showcasing over 2,000 vehicles valued around $200 million across 20 themed rooms; grew out of the former Miami Auto Museum/Dezer Collection, which relocated from North Miami.

A transportation-history museum focused on operational pre-1940 aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles and engines. ~150 vehicles including 24 aircraft and 54 cars (1898-1968), most kept running.

County historical museum in Murphy with 35+ historic wagons/stagecoaches plus a working 1915 Model T used for visitor rides.

A Seattle-headquartered nonprofit founded in 1994 that operates as a virtual/archival motorcycle museum with no permanent physical location, occasionally loaning exhibits to other institutions.

Located at Powerland Heritage Park in Brooks, this is the largest collection of antique trucks on the West Coast, focused on vehicles that built the Pacific Northwest's logging/hauling industries.

A preserved historic site (the 1927 Packard vehicle testing facility with Albert Kahn-designed buildings) offering tours, historic Packard automobiles and artifacts of Packard's automotive, marine and aviation work.

A large regional history museum on the West Texas A&M campus with a permanent transportation exhibit spanning 19th-century bicycles to 1960s automobiles.

Manufacturer museum for Panoz sports cars in Hoschton, GA, showcasing the brand's road cars and Le Mans/IMSA racing history including hybrid and prototype race cars.

Once a major Southwest tourist attraction with vehicles, aircraft, and a space capsule, near Cresson.

Private museum on Paul Hemp's farm west of Rochester displaying about 40 antique cars and 8 horse-drawn carriages, some loaned by Dr. C.W. Mayo, for about 30 years.

County historical society complex of 11 buildings in Cavalier including restored antique cars, tractors, machinery, and a fire truck alongside a homestead, church, depot, and blacksmith shop.

State historic site/museum in Pembina with an observation tower and exhibits on 6,000 years of regional history, including large transportation equipment such as cars, tractors, and horse-drawn "school buses."

State military history museum with 14,000+ artifacts including uniforms, weapons, and vehicles such as tanks, artillery, and ambulances, across an 18,000 sq ft building and 67-acre outdoor park.

Colorado Springs museum (El Pomar Foundation) housing the official Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race car/memorabilia collection plus the Penrose family's antique carriage collection.

Muscle-car and classic-car showroom/museum in Sioux Falls displaying Shelbys, big-block Chevys, Mopars, and select modern exotics.

The petroleum-industry museum's dedicated Chaparral Gallery displays Jim Hall's innovative Chaparral racing cars, restored via a 2004 partnership with Hall.

One of the world's largest automotive museums on LA's Miracle Mile. 300+ vehicle collection across ~25 galleries covering design, motorsport, Hollywood cars, hot rods, lowriders and future mobility, plus a large basement Vault.

Butte museum built from Roy Alan Carson's transportation memorabilia collection; vintage cars alongside license plates and petroliana.

Gilmore partner museum with about two dozen Pierce-Arrow vehicles (cars, bicycles, motorcycles, travel trailers) from 1903-1938, run by the Pierce-Arrow Foundation.

A single-marque museum dedicated to the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company, displaying restored cars, bicycles, motorcycles and travel trailers spanning the full 1903-1938 production range.

Sprawling 40+ building complex in Murdo started in 1954 by A.J. "Dick" Geisler, now run by his son Dave, with hundreds of cars, trucks, tractors, and motorcycles from a turn-of-the-century Oldsmobile to a 1980s Fiero.

A private automobile collection/museum.

New museum opened May 16, 2024 in the former Crofoot Elementary School building, covering the Oakland Motor Car Company/Pontiac brand plus 51 area-linked automotive brands.

Nonprofit museum in Pontiac, IL devoted to Pontiac and Oakland cars, memorabilia, and a research resource center.

Porsche's North American driving and brand experience campus near Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, featuring a Heritage Gallery of rare and historic Porsche road and race cars, including vehicles from the Porsche Classic Factory Restoration workshop.

First museum in New England dedicated specifically to motorsports history, a 7,400 sq ft two-floor space with race cars, trophies, photos, and memorabilia, much of it for sale or consignment.

A transportation museum named for Ransom E. Olds (founder of Oldsmobile and REO), displaying a broad range of Oldsmobiles and REOs plus related marques, advertising and memorabilia.

World's largest private collection of Nash/Rambler/AMC vehicles, prototypes, and memorabilia on a 160-acre property in Elizabeth.

Old West heritage museum in Miles City with 13 buildings; the "Wagon Depot" barn houses antique automobiles and wagons.

Town-supported museum displaying collector Bud Striegel's rotating roughly 35-vehicle collection of classic cars and motorcycles.

Private collection assembled by Indianapolis-area dealer Ray Skillman in a 65,000 sq ft showroom, with classic cars, Indy 500 race cars, Corvettes, muscle cars, antique bicycles, and restored neon signage.

Quirky Woodland museum recreating a vintage gas station/diner/general-store scene with antique gas pumps and automotive memorabilia; founded 2000 by Mark Reiff.

Private museum in Winona with vintage drag race cars, muscle cars, and exotics; hosts one of the Midwest's largest classic car auctions annually.

A research-oriented automotive museum and archive in Naples, FL housing the Miles Collier Collections of over 100 significant automobiles built 1896-1995, called by the New York Times the finest sports car collection in America.

Located on Richard Childress Racing's 52-acre campus near Welcome, NC, this museum walks visitors through the history of RCR's NASCAR program.

Established in 1988 on the Petty family property in Level Cross/Randleman, the museum tells the story of the Petty racing dynasty, one of the founding families of NASCAR stock car racing.

Nonprofit museum in Wallsburg (est. 1999) housing a large private collection of roughly 200 antique/classic cars, 150+ antique motorcycles (including Utah's largest Harley-Davidson collection), and around 200 antique tractors and farm implements.

Riverside museum honoring the history of the former Riverside International Raceway, with race cars and memorabilia; co-founded by Doug Magnon.

Private collection of 1940s-50s advertising memorabilia and classic cars housed in an old Ford dealership building in Hillsboro, owned by Carroll Estes.

A long-running family collection of roughly 32 vintage 1920s-1930s cars (Cadillac, Packard, Hupmobile, Nash, Essex and others) in Hood, Virginia, first opened by collector John Dudley in 1967.

Colorado Springs museum (est. 1992) preserving antique/classic motorcycles from the early 1900s-1970s, including a motorcycle hall of fame.

Movie/TV-vehicle themed museum featuring screen-used cars and replicas.

Large auto museum in Tucson (opened 2024) founded by Joseph Findysz, spanning 77,000 sq ft with 250+ vehicles including antique cars, fire trucks, tractors, muscle cars, and motorcycles.

A nonprofit preserving Rolls-Royce and Bentley heritage. Its ~5,000-sq-ft facility displays ~29 Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars (1929 Springfield Phantom I to 1989 Silver Spirit), plus a research library and technical garage.

Independent nonprofit dedicated to preservation of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars, housing about a dozen vehicles plus a research library.

A vintage Japanese-motorcycle collection historically displayed at Hinshaw's Motorcycle Store in Auburn, spanning decades of Japanese marques.

30,000 sq ft facility on the Roush Enterprises (Jack Roush) campus with 110+ vehicles, multimedia exhibits, and memorabilia related to Roush racing heritage.

Privately owned museum on Route 66 in Santa Rosa with 30+ restored classic cars, street rods, and motorcycles, run by restorer James "Bozo" Cordova.

Privately owned collection of 75+ vehicles from the early 1900s through the 1990s in Springfield, started by Guy Mace in 1990.

Billed as the world's first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles, located inside the Powerhouse Visitor Center in Kingman alongside the Arizona Route 66 Museum.

Restaurant/entertainment complex in Springfield, opened 2018, with a free museum of race cars, motorcycles, neon signs, and gas pumps.

Free museum inside the public library in Lebanon featuring life-size dioramas of a 1930s gas station, 1940s tourist cabin, and 1950s diner, plus a Route 66 research archive.

Small nonprofit art gallery/Route 66 memorabilia space in Grants with vintage postcards, signage, one vintage car, and local art.

Small museum of vintage and antique automobiles and automotive collectibles in Larned.

Free vintage car museum inside a Route 66 truck stop near the Texas border (Glenrio/Endee area), built from founders Emory and Barbara Russell's personal collection.

Located in Jackson, Tennessee (not Nashville), this museum begun by lifelong collector Rusty Robinson displays over 50 vehicles featured in film and television.

A 100,000 sq ft museum/hall of fame on RV and manufactured-housing history, founded 1972 with its current building since 2007.

Museum in Sturgis preserving Saab automobile heritage in the U.S., including rare Saabs and cars on loan from the GM Heritage Collection, plus unusual race/modified cars.

An interactive educational automotive museum operating as 'The Garage', featuring hands-on displays, the year-round Kustom Kemps of America (KKOA) Hall of Fame exhibit, and rotating exhibits.

A "tactile" classic car museum in rural Butler County where guests may touch and sit in vehicles.

Large private collection (hundreds of vehicles) assembled by DFW auto dealer Sam Pack, focused on classic American cars, muscle cars, and rare Fords, spread across several private facilities.

A 17,000-sq-ft museum in Balboa Park displaying 75+ cars and motorcycles through a permanent collection plus rotating themed exhibits, from brass-era and classic cars to a strong motorcycle collection.

Formerly one of the oldest continuously operating car museums in the US (founded 1953), displaying 90+ classic, muscle and exotic cars including Ringling Rolls-Royces and celebrity-owned cars.

The second-oldest continuously operating antique car museum in the US (founded 1953 as Horns' Cars of Yesterday, later Bellm's Cars and Music of Yesterday, then Sarasota Classic Car Museum), which displayed 100-150+ vintage cars and motorcycles including several once owned by the Ringling family.

Housed in a former 1935 water-bottling plant in Saratoga Spa State Park, showing ~30 vehicles across three galleries, mixing rotating featured exhibits with permanent displays on NY automotive and racing history.

A classic car dealership in Savannah, GA that also operated an in-house museum displaying vintage and classic automobiles alongside cars for sale.

A 65,000-sq-ft museum on ~37 acres (opened Dec 2021) with five galleries showing ~100 cars, from a 1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout through ~12 rotating exhibits annually, some featuring automotive art.

A 60+-year private collection in Willmar with hundreds of cars, trucks, tractors, gas engines, and signage totaling 400+ units.

Housed in a restored 1921 filling station on Route 66 in Chandler; reopened in 2010 as a motorcycle museum.

A collection specializing in Brass Era automobiles and motorcycles (~1895-1917) presented in the context of early American motoring, from an 1899 De Dion-Bouton to a 1924 Mercer.

Restored 1940s Route 66 filling station in Springfield turned petroliana/roadside memorabilia museum, reopened May 2024 after a decade closed.

Boulder museum dedicated to Carroll Shelby and the Shelby American racing legacy.

A 15,000 sq ft heritage/manufacturing facility in Las Vegas honoring Carroll Shelby, displaying over 30 historic Shelby vehicles alongside an active vehicle-build shop floor.

Free museum inside the Shively Motors Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep-Ram dealership, featuring 35+ historic Mopar models, many with local sales history, spanning 85+ years of Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth heritage.

Assembled over 50+ years by Dr. Frederick Simeone, one of the world's foremost collections of racing sports cars - 75+ significant vehicles (1909-mid-1970s) grouped by famous racing venues.

Free antique car museum on Put-in-Bay island, dedicated to Charles "Skip" Duggan, founder of the island's Sunday Car Parade tradition.