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An automotive museum is a museum that explores the history of automotive-related transportation.

  • Bold – Automotive museums owned by automotive manufacturers
  • Italics – no longer open to public access, excludes private or invitation only collections that was never intended for public access

Asia

Eastern Asia

China

Grand Prix Museum, Macau, China

Japan

Toyota Automobile Museum, Nagakute, Japan

South Korea

Southeastern Asia

Indonesia

Southern Asia

India

  • Sudha Cars Museum
  • Dastan Auto World Vintage Car Museum, Ahmedabad, India
  • Heritage Motor Museum, Gurgaon, India
  • GeeDee Car Museum, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Western Asia

Emirates National Auto Museum, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Cyprus

Georgia

Iran

Israel

Kuwait

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Europe

Eastern Europe

Bulgaria

  • Retro-Museum, Varna shopping centre

Czech Republic

Škoda Auto Museum, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

Poland

Romania

Russia

Ukraine

Northern Europe

Denmark

Sommer's Automobile Museum, Nærum, Denmark

Estonia

Finland

  • Mobilia,[14] Kangasala
  • The Car Museum of Vehoniemi (Vehoniemen automuseo)
  • Uudenkaupungin Automuseo
  • Oulun Automuseo
  • Espoon Automuseo

Latvia

Sweden

Volvo Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden

Southern Europe

Croatia

Greece

  • Hellenic Motor Museum[15]

Italy

Museo Ferrari, Maranello, Italy
Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile, Turin, Italy

Western Europe

Andorra

Austria

Belgium

AutoWorld, Brussels, Belgium

France[20]

Musée national de l’automobile (Cité de l'Automobile), Mulhouse, France
Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot, Sochaux, France

Germany

Autostadt, Wolfsburg, Germany
Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, Germany

Malta

Monaco

Netherlands

Louwman Museum, The Hague, Netherlands

Portugal

Museu do Caramulo, Caramulo[22]

San Marino

Serbia

Spain

Switzerland

United Kingdom

England
British Motor Museum, Gaydon, United Kingdom
Donington Grand Prix Collection, Castle Donington, United Kingdom
National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, United Kingdom
Scotland
Wales

North America

Visit the Automotive Museum Guide which features an interactive map of all automotive museums in North America: Map of America's Automotive Museums

Canada

Cayman Islands

United States

America On Wheels, Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, Speedway, Indiana, United States

Eastern United States

  • AACA Museum, Hershey, Pennsylvania. 90 cars on display.[26] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.[27]
  • America On Wheels, Allentown, Pennsylvania. 75 cars, trucks & motorcycles.[28]
  • BMW CCA Foundation Museum, Greer, South Carolina Features vintage BMW cars, motorcycles, and memorabilia. Affiliated with the BMW Car Club of America
  • BMW Zentrum, Greer, South Carolina The visitor center and museum for the BMW US Manufacturing facility, displaying classic and currently produced vehicles
  • Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum, Madison, Georgia. This museum has closed and the cars sold.[29]
  • Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum, Buffalo New York. Features a Frank Lloyd Wright gas station.[30]
  • Champlain Valley Transportation Museum, Plattsburgh, New York. 25 cars plus model trains.[31]
  • Cole Land Transportation Museum, Bangor, Maine. Anything with wheels. Open in summer only.[32]
  • Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Features the largest collection of Packard Cars and historical memorabilia from 1900 onwards.[33]
  • Frick Car & Carriage Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[34]
  • Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline, Massachusetts. Eclectic collection of cars, motorcycles and artifacts.[35]
  • Memory Lane Motorsports & Historic Auto Museum, Mooresville, North Carolina. Specializes in motor sports.[36]
  • Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection, North Miami, Florida. 200 cars and other vehicles.[37] (closed; see main article)
  • Miles Through Time Automotive Museum, Toccoa, Georgia. co-op style with over 100 years of automotive history on display[38]
  • Muscle Car City, Punta Gorda, Florida. 200 GM muscle cars.[39] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.[27]

Central United States

Western United States

  • World of Speed, Wilsonville, Oregon. Motor sports related, with up to 100 cars in 50,000 feet of public displays. Permanently closed due to regulations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.[122] Rather than a large permanent collection, the museum relies on loans from collectors.[123]

Oceania

Australia

Current museums

Former museums

New Zealand

South America

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

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