Automotive Museums

No car show this weekend? Check out a local automotive museum.

Here’s a list to get you started:

COLORADO

Allen Unique Autos, Grand Junction, CO

Cussler Museum, Arvada, CO

Dougherty Museum Collection, Longmont, CO

Forney Museum, Denver, CO

Shelby America collection, Boulder, CO

WASHINGTON DC

Smithsonian Institutions, Washington, DC

FLORIDA

Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing, Ocala, FL

Elliott Museum, Stuart, FL

Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Muscle Car City, Punta Gorda, FL

Sarasota Classic Car Museum, Sarasota, FL

Tallahassee Antique Car Museum, Tallahassee, FL

Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, Pinellas Park, FL

GEORGIA

Stone Mountain Antique Car Museum, Stone Mountain, GA

IOWA

Antique Car Museum of Iowa, Coralville, IA

Hemken Collection, Williams, IA

Natioanl Sprint Car Hall of Fame, Knoxville, IA

ILLINOIS

Beller Museum, Romeoville, IL

Bortz Auto Collection, Highland Park, IL

Hartung’s Automotive Museum, Glenview, IL

Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL

Pontiac Oakland Museum, Pontiac, IL

Volo Antique Auto Museum, Volo, IL

Wheels O’Time Museum, Peoria, IL

INDIANA

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, Auburn, IN

City of Firsts Automotive Heritage Museum, Kokomo, IN

Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum, South Bend, IN

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, Indianapolis, IN

National Automotive & Truck Museum, Auburn, IN

The Elwood Haynes Museum (Developed the first commercially built automobile), Kokomo, IN

The Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, IN

KANSAS

Highbanks Hall of Fame National Midget Auto Racing Museum, Belleville, KS

KC Classic Auto Museum, Lenexa, KS

Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home & Museum, Ellis, KS

KENTUCKY

National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, KY

Swope’s Cars of Yesteryear Museum, Elizabethtown, KY

MASSACHUSETTS

Heritage Museums and Gardens, Sandwich, MA

Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline, MA

MAINE

Boothbay Railway Village, Boothbay, ME

Cole Land Transportation Museum, Bangor, ME

Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head, ME

Seal Cove Auto Museum, Camden, ME

The Stanley Museum, Kingfield, ME

Wells Auto Museum, Wells, ME

MICHIGAN

Automotive Hall of Fame, Dearborn, MI

Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, MI

Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, MI

GM World, Detroit, MI

Model T Auto Heritage Complex, Detroit, MI

R.E. Olds Transportation Museum, Lansing, MI

Sloan Longway Museums, Flint, MI

Stahls Automotive Foundation, Chesterfield, MI

The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, MI

Wills Sainte Claire Auto Museum, Marysville, MI

Ye Olde Carriage Shop, Spring Arbor, MI

Ypsilanti Auto Heritage Museum, Ypsilanti, MI

MINNESOTA

Ellingson Car Museum, Rogers, MN

MISSOURI

Doc’s Museum, Jamesport, MO

Kansas City Automotive Museum, Kansas City, MO

Kemp Auto Museum, Chesterfield, MO

MISSISSIPPI

Tupelo Automobile Museum, Tupelo, MS

NORTH CAROLINA

G. Grier Beam Truck Museum, Cherryville, NC

Hendrick Motorsports Museum, Charlotte, NC

Memory Lane Museums, Mooresville, NC

Richard Childress Racing Museum, Welcome, NC

Roush Fenway Racing Museum, Concord, NC

Wheels Through Time Museum, Maggie Valley, NC

NEBRASKA

Hastings Museum, Hastings, NE

Museum of American Speed, Lincoln, NE

Stuhr Museum of the Praire Pioneer, Grand Island, NE

NEW JERSEY

Space Farms Zoo & Museum, Sussex, NJ

Vintage Auto Museum, Beachwood, NJ

NEW MEXICO

Unser Racing Museum, Albuquerque, NM

NEVADA

Don Laughlin’s Classic Car Collection, Laughlin, NV

National Automobile Museum, Reno, NV

The Auto Collections at The Quad Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV

NEW YORK

Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum, Buffalo, NY

Champlain Valley Transportation Museum, Plattsburg, NY

International Motor Racing Research Center, Watkins Glen, NY

Northeast Classic Car Museum, Norwich, NY

Saratoga Automobile Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY

OHIO

Canton Classic Car Museum, Canton, OH

Carrillon Historical Park, Dayton, OH

Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, Cleveland, OH

Snook’s Dream Cars, Bowling Green, OH

The Citizens Motor Car Company, Dayton, OH

The National Packard Museum, Warren, OH

OKLAHOMA

Muscle Car Ranch, Chickasha, OK

National Rod & Custom Car Hall of Fame, Aftone, OK

OREGON

Northwest Vintage Car & Motorcycle Museum, Salem, OR

Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, Hood River, OR

PENNSYLVANIA

AACA Museum, Hershey, PA

America on Wheels, Allentown, PA

Boyertown Museum, Boyertown, PA

Eastern Museum of Motor Racing, York Springs, PA

Grice Clearfield Community Museum, Clearfield, PA

Rolls-Royce Fondation Library & Museum, Mechanicsburg, PA

Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, Philadelphia, PA

State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Swigart Antique Auto Museum, Huntingdon, PA

The Frick, Pittsburg, PA

SOUTH CAROLINA

BMW Zentrum, Spartanburg, SC

Darlington Raceway Stock Car Museum, Dalington, SC

SOUTH DAKOTA

Pioneer Auto Show, Murdo, SD

TENNESSEE

City Garage Car Museum, Greenville, TN

Floyd Garrett’s Muscle Car Museum, Sevierville, TN

Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, TN

TEXAS

Central Texas Museum of Automotive History, Smithville, TX

Dick’s Classic Car Museum, San Marcos, TX

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX

Petroleum Museum Chaparral Gallery, Midland, TX

VIRGINA

Car & Carriage Caravan Museum at Luray Caverns, Luray, VA

Roaring Twenties Antique Car Museum, Hood, VA

Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA

WASHINGTON

Lemay America’s Car Museum, Tacoma, WA

Lynden Pioneer Museum, Lynden, WA

WISCONSIN

Wisconsin Automotive Museum, Hartford, WI

Did we forget a museum? Email us the info and we will get it added.