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kip Foss 07-25-2010 10:15 PM

Good Car Museums
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38344806/ns/travel-destination_travel/

Craig 07-25-2010 10:25 PM

The only one of those I've seen is the ford museum.

I also like the Auburn Cord Duesenberg museum in IN.

davestlouis 07-25-2010 11:45 PM

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

mpolli 07-25-2010 11:48 PM

They missed this place:

http://www.pioneervillage.org/

350 cars, 100 tractors, 50,000 other things...

Colorado220 07-25-2010 11:49 PM

Been to Harrahs in Reno, Had a great time....both times!

ken1 07-25-2010 11:52 PM

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

Colorado220 07-26-2010 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mpolli (Post 2512858)
They missed this place:

http://www.pioneervillage.org/

350 cars, 100 tractors, 50,000 other things...


I can't find a price on their site. How much is it to go?

Pooka 07-26-2010 12:17 AM

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.

Maki 07-26-2010 12:27 AM

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/

jcyuhn 07-26-2010 10:17 AM

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...

Honus 07-26-2010 10:28 PM

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

tbomachines 07-26-2010 10:35 PM

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.

TheDon 07-26-2010 11:30 PM

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)

MS Fowler 07-27-2010 06:39 AM

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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