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Car Museums in the United States and Canada
Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site - By Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times, September 18, 2007 - "In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. There will be charges for some material from the period 1923 to 1986, and some will be free." There is a Collectible Cars section. Articles in the New York Times about car museums include:
Museums Get Lively With Sleepovers and Films - by Kristen Hall-Geisler, NYT, August 12, 2007.
For Fans of Old Microcars, It’s a Small World After All - by Rob Sass, NYT, August 20, 2006.
Automotive Museums Out Where the Deer and the Antelope Play - by Michelle Krebs, NYT, October 29, 2006.
Auto Museums in the Land of Nascar - by Michelle Krebs, NYT, September 24, 2006.
Midwest Museums for Every Car Lover - by Michelle Krebs, NYT, September 17, 2006.
On the Auto Industry's Home Turf, Museums With Broad Appeal - by Michelle Krebs, NYT, September 3, 2006.
New England in the Fall: A Perfect Time to Take in the Auto Museums - by Michelle Krebs, NYT, August 27, 2006.
When the Weather Warms, Car Lovers Come Out to Play - by Kristen Hall-Geisler, NYT, May 21, 2006
Cars With Stories All but Impossible to Beat - by Jim Kenzie, NYT, December 26, 2005
Car Museums From the Heart of Dixie to the Texas Panhandle - by Michelle Krebs, NYT, October 15, 2006.
Westward Ho! To Automotive Museums - by Michelle Krebs, NYT, November 12, 2006.
Driving Back in Time: Auto Exhibits in the Mid-Atlantic States - by Michelle Krebs, NYT, August 20, 2006.
See Also:
Cars
- Antique Automobile Club of America
- Automotive Museums
- Classic Car Museums in USA - Listed by State
- Antique Automobile Club of America Museum - Hershey, Pennsylvania
- Antique Automobile Museum - Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick, Canada
- Ark-La-Tex Antique & Classic Vehicle & Shreveport Firefighters Museum - Shreveport, Louisiana (318-222-0227)
- Assiniboia and District Museum - Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum - Auburn, Indiana
- Auto Collections at the Imperial Palace - Las Vegas, Nevada
- Auto World Car Museum & Kingdom Expo - Fulton, Missouri
- Automotive Hall of Fame - Dearborn, Michigan (313-240-4000)
- Automotive Heritage Museum - Kokomo, Indiana
- Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum - Birmingham, Alabama
- Blackhawk Museum - Danville, California
- Boothbay Railway Village - Boothbay, Maine
- Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum - Buffalo, New York
- California Route 66 Museum - Victorville, California
- Car Life Museum - Bonshaw, Price Edward Island, Canada
- Central Texas Museum of Automotive History - Rosanky, Texas (512-237-2635)
- Cole Land Transportation Museum - Bangor, Maine
- Collectible Classics Car Museum - Hagerstown, Indiana
- Crossroads of America Museum - Bethlehem, New Hampshire. Route 302 (603-869-3919)
- Cussler Museum - Arvada, Colorado
- Dan Rouit Flat Track Motorcycle Museum - Clovis, California
- Doc's Museum - Jamesport, Missouri
- Don Laughlin's Classic Car Collection - Laughlin, Nevada
- Dougherty Museum Collection - Longmont, Colorado
- Drivers Independent Race Tracks (DIRT) Museum and Hall of Fame - Weedsport, New York
- Eastern Museum of Motor Racing - York Spring, Pennsylvania
- Ellingson Car Museum - Rogers, Minnesota
- Elliott Museum - Stuart, Florida
- Elwood Haynes Museum - Kokomo, Indiana. 1915 South Webster Street (765-456-7500)
- Firefighters' Museum - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Forney Museum - Denver, Colorado
- Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Frick's Car and Carriage Museum - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Grice Clearfield Community Museum
- Clearfield, Pennsylvania
- Harley-Davidson Factory Tour and Exhibit - York, Pennsylvania
- Harold Lemay Museum - Tacoma, Washington
- Hartung's Automotive Museum - Glenview, Illinois
- Hastings Museum - Hastings, Nebraska
- Hays Antique Truck Museum - Woodland, California
- Henry Ford Museum - Dearborn, Michigan
- Heritage Museums and Gardens - Sandwich, Massachusetts
- Highbanks Hall of Fame National Midget Auto Racing Museum - Belleville, Kansas
- Indian Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame - Springfield, Massachusetts
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum - Indianapolis, Indiana
- International Motor Racing Research Center - Watkins Glen, New York
- International Motorsports Hall of Fame - Talladega, Alabama
- Justice Brothers Racing Museum - Duarte, California
- Kaiser Bill's - Altonah, Utah
- Kimball-Browning Car Museum - Ogden, Utah
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Museum of Transportation - Brookline, Massachusetts
- Lynden Pioneer Museum - Lynden, Washington
- Mack Trucks Historical Museum
- Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum - Elkhorn, Manitoba, Canada
- Marconi Museum and Foundation - Tustin, California
- Memoryville U.S.A. Autos of Yesteryear - Rolla, Missouri
- Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Murphy Auto Museum - Oxnard, California
- Muscle Car Ranch - Chickasha, Oklahoma
- Musée Antique Victor Bélanger - Saint-Come-Liniere, Beauce, Quebec, Canada
- Musée Gilles Villeneuve - Berthierville, Quebec, Canada
- Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry - Wasilla, Alaska
- Museum of Automobiles - Morrilton, Arkansas
- Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago, Illinois
- Museum of Transportation - Brookline, Massachusetts
- National Automobile Museum - South Reno, Nevada
- National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States - Auburn, Indiana
- National Corvette Museum - Bowling Green, Kentucky
- National Motor Museum - Beaulieu (UK). The Motor Collections contains data on antique cars, some with photographs.
- National Museum of Transport - St. Louis, Missouri
- National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum - Knoxville, Iowa
- Nethercutt Collection - San Sylmar, California
- Northeast Classic Car Museum - Norwich, New York
- Owls Head Transportation Museum - Owls Head, Maine
- Panhandle Plains Historical Museum - Canyon, Texas
- Pate Museum of Transportation - Fort Worth, Texas
- Penske Racing Museum - Phoenix, Arizona
- Petersen Automotive Museum - Los Angeles, California
- Petroleum Museum - Midland, Texas. The Chaparral Gallery showcases the racing cars of James Ellis Hall.
- Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
- Pioneer Auto Show - Murdo, South Dakota
- Pronyne Motor Sports Museum - Pawtucket, Rhode Island
- Recreational Vehicle and Motor Hall of Fame - Elkhart, Indiana
- Red Crown Mini-Museum - Lafayette, Indiana
- Reynolds-Alberta Museum - Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada
- Rolls-Royce Foundation Library and Museum - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
- San Diego Automotive Museum - San Diego, California
- Saratoga Automobile Museum - Saratoga Springs, New York
- Seal Cove Auto Museum - Camden, Maine
- Shelby American Collection - Boulder, Colorado
- Smitsonian Institutions - National Museum of American History - Washington, D.C.
- Space Farms Zoo and Museum - Sussex, New Jersey. "More than 50 antique cars and motorcycles."
- Spirit of Ford - Dearborn, Michigan (313-317-7474)
- Spoke Wheel Car Museum - Dunstaffnage, New Brunswick, Canada
- State Museum of Pennsylvania - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Studebaker National Museum - South Bend, Indiana
- Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer - Grand Island, Nebraska
- Swigart Antique Auto Museum - Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
- Telstar Mustang-Shelby-Cobra Museum - Mitchell, South Dakota
- Towe Auto Museum - Sacramento, California
- Townsend's Classic and Antique Auto Museum - Shawnee, Oklahoma. 4900 N Harrison (405-273-0330)
- Toyota USA Automobile Museum - Torrance, California
- Trump's Texaco Museum - Knightstown, Indiana
- Tupelo Automobile Museum - Tupelo, Mississippi
- Unser Racing Museum - Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Volo Auto Museum - Volo, Illinois
- Walker Transportation Collection, Beverly Historical Society and Museum - Beverly, Massachusetts
- Wally Parks N.H.R.A. Motorsports Museum - Pomona, California
- Walter P. Chrysler Museum - Auburn Hills, Michigan
- Wells Auto Museum - Wells, Maine
- Western Development Museum - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Westminster MG Car Museum - Westminster, Vermont
- Wheels O'Time Museum - Peoria, Illinois
- Wisconsin Automotive Museum - Hartford, Wisconsin
- Yellowstone National Park - Gardiner, Montana
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