Blackhawk Museum
The Blackhawk Museum (founded 1988) is a museum in Blackhawk, California, best known for its significant collection of classic cars.
The museum houses about ninety classic cars. It also houses a display showcasing the work of the Wheelchair Foundation [1]. The facility is located within the Blackhawk Plaza outdoors shopping mall. The museum is an affiliate through the Smithsonian Affiliations program.[2]
The museum was founded by local real estate developer Ken Behring; it was originally known as the Behring Auto Museum, and later, the Blackhawk Automotive Museum.
One of the museum's most unusual features is a 1924 Hispano-Suiza H6C made entirely of tulipwood.[3] It also houses a 1962 John F. Kennedy limousine and a Chinese Hongqi.
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- ^ "Wheelchair Foundation Gallery at Blackhawk Museum"
- ^ Alison Goldstein (2010). "Area museums open their doors... free". Tri-City Voice. http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2010-09-24&file=Area+museums+open+their+doors+TCV.txt. Retrieved 15 Jul 2011.
- ^ http://www.blackhawkmuseum.org/exhibit_auto.html
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