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Good Car Museums
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The only one of those I've seen is the ford museum.
I also like the Auburn Cord Duesenberg museum in IN. |
Locally, we have the Kemp Auto Museum in Chesterfield MO, it's primarily Mercedes products, with some other odds and ends. Fred Kemp was a homebuilder in STL who collected cars, and as he got alzheimer's, plans were thrown together for a museum. It's a cool place, and they have wedding receptions and other events there in the evening. It's conveniently located along I-64/MO 40 in the Chesterfield Valley in St Louis County.
www.kempautomuseum.com |
They missed this place:
http://www.pioneervillage.org/ 350 cars, 100 tractors, 50,000 other things... |
Been to Harrahs in Reno, Had a great time....both times!
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I've been to the ACD museum in Auburn, In., the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mi., and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway museum in Indy. All 3 are terrific and well worth the time. The Studebaker museum in South Bend, In. is also nice (but small) if you're into old stuff.
Ken |
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I can't find a price on their site. How much is it to go? |
The Forney in Denver is nice if you like really old stuff. They have carriages there that go back to the early 1800's and a number of cars from the 'oughts and the teens. Go during the week and you will just about have the place to yourself.
They have a pretty good website which you can Google. |
The ACD museum in Auburn is fantastic -- the showroom is a great as the cars, and we are talking Deusenbergs and coffin-nose Cords here (and a Mercedes 504K, if I remember correctly).
Here's a link to a neat little museum in southern Wisconsin. http://wisconsinautomuseum.com/ |
Been to the Ford museum many a time. My mom actually worked there when she was a college student. The cars are great, but my favorite has always been the 4-6-6-4 locomotive. You cannot believe the massive scale of that thing.
Been to Harrah's in Reno - very nice. Convenient to see on the way in/out when skiing northern California. Stumbled upon the Wisconsin museum while riding my bicyle across the state - an unexpected pleasure. Hit the British National Motor Museum (Hampshire, England) while stranded in London on business. Fascinating to see how differently things developed across the pond. A collection of land speed record cars here, including the Blue Bird (it's huge). And some nice motorcycles too - my favorite was an Ariel square four chopper! This one link is only a couple miles from my home, but of course I've never been there... |
The Eastern Museum of Motor Racing, just off Route 15 between Harrisburg and Gettysburg, PA is worth a look. Lots of cool open-wheel sprint cars and tons of other cars and car stuff. They let me drive my 300SD around their dirt track.
http://www.emmr.org/index.htm |
Yankee candle car museum used to be awesome (Deerfield, MA), but they closed it a few years ago. It saved me one time while my mother spent an ungodly amount of time buying scented candles.
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I'd like to go to a few of those museums on that list. Mainly the Ford Museum, Peterson, and stuff that doesnt just showcase American Muscle(that gets old and boring fast)
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I've been to 3 on the list, Owl's Head, Henry Ford, and AACA, Hershey.
Another, rather iconic ( not to mention, FREE) auto museum is in Reading, PA at the "A toZ vacuum cleaner" store! Its located on the second floor; any employee can direct you up and turn on the lights. Mostly 50s-60s cars and memorobilia. A fun visit if you are ever in Reasing. |
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