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Automobile Museums

Automobile museum guides covering classic cars, design, engineering, motorsport, brands, collections, and visitor experience.

64 museum profiles

Museum Profiles

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum Auburn, United States Audi Forum Ingolstadt Museum Mobile Ingolstadt, Germany Automobilmuseum August Horch Zwickau, Germany Autoworld Brussels Brussels, Belgium Blackhawk Museum Danville, United States BMW Museum Munich, Germany British Motor Museum Gaydon, United Kingdom Brooklands Museum Weybridge, United Kingdom California Automobile Museum Sacramento, United States Cité de l’Automobile Mulhouse, France Classic Cars International Museum Salt Lake City, United States Colorado Gateway Auto Museum Redlands, United States Coventry Transport Museum Coventry, United Kingdom Emirates National Auto Museum Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Haynes Motor Museum Sparkford, United Kingdom Hellenic Motor Museum Athens, Greece Kyoto Railway Museum Kyoto, Japan Lakeland Motor Museum Backbarrow, United Kingdom Lane Motor Museum Nashville, United States LeMay America’s Car Museum Tacoma, United States Louwman Museum The Hague, Netherlands Maskinrummet Skagen, Denmark Mercedes-Benz Museum Stuttgart, Germany MUDETEC Museo Lamborghini Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy Musée des 24 Heures du Mans Le Mans, France Museo Alfa Romeo Arese, Italy Museo Automovilístico y de la Moda Málaga, Spain Museo Enzo Ferrari Modena, Italy Museo Ferrari Maranello Maranello, Italy Museo Fratelli Cozzi Legnano, Italy Museo Mille Miglia Brescia, Italy Museo Moto Guzzi Mandello del Lario, Italy Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile Turin, Italy Museo Piaggio Pontedera, Italy Museu Moto Bassella Bassella, Spain Museum of Transport and Technology Auckland, New Zealand NASCAR Hall of Fame Charlotte, United States National Automobile Museum Reno, United States National Corvette Museum Bowling Green, United States National Motor Museum Beaulieu Beaulieu, United Kingdom National Technical Museum Prague, Czech Republic Nethercutt Collection Sylmar, United States New York State Museum of Transportation Cobourg, Canada Nikola Tesla Technical Museum Zagreb, Croatia Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology Oslo, Norway Petersen Automotive Museum Los Angeles, United States Porsche Museum Stuttgart, Germany Prototyp Museum Hamburg, Germany PS.SPEICHER Einbeck, Germany Revs Institute Naples, United States Riga Motor Museum Riga, Latvia Saab Car Museum Trollhättan, Sweden Savoy Automobile Museum Cartersville, United States Sharjah Classic Cars Museum Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Škoda Museum Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic Springfield Indian Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame Springfield, United States Swiss Museum of Transport Lucerne, Switzerland Tatra Truck Museum Kopřivnice, Czech Republic Technik Museum Sinsheim Sinsheim, Germany Technik Museum Speyer Speyer, Germany The Tank Museum Bovington, United Kingdom Toyota Museum Toyota, Japan Volkswagen AutoMuseum Wolfsburg, Germany World of Volvo Gothenburg, Sweden

Museum Reviews

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum Review Auburn, United States Audi Forum Ingolstadt Museum Mobile Review Ingolstadt, Germany Automobil August Horch Review Zwickau, Germany Autoworld Brussels Review Brussels, Belgium Blackhawk Museum Review Danville, United States BMW Museum Review Munich, Germany British Motor Museum Review Gaydon, United Kingdom Brooklands Museum Review Weybridge, United Kingdom California Automobile Museum Review Sacramento, United States Cité de l’Automobile Review Mulhouse, France Classic Cars International Museum Review Salt Lake City, United States Colorado Gateway Auto Museum Review Redlands, United States Coventry Transport Museum Review Coventry, United Kingdom Emirates National Auto Museum Review Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Haynes Motor Museum Review Sparkford, United Kingdom Hellenic Motor Museum Review Athens, Greece Kyoto Railway Museum Review Kyoto, Japan Lakeland Motor Museum Review Backbarrow, United Kingdom Lane Motor Museum Review Nashville, United States LeMay America’s Car Museum Review Tacoma, United States Louwman Museum Review The Hague, Netherlands Maskinrummet Review Skagen, Denmark Mercedes-Benz Museum Review Stuttgart, Germany MUDETEC Museo Lamborghini Review Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy Musée des 24 Heures du Mans Review Le Mans, France Museo Alfa Romeo Review Arese, Italy Museo Automovilístico y de la Moda Review Málaga, Spain Museo Enzo Ferrari Review Modena, Italy Museo Ferrari Maranello Review Maranello, Italy Museo Fratelli Cozzi Review Legnano, Italy Museo Mille Miglia Review Brescia, Italy Museo Moto Guzzi Review Mandello del Lario, Italy Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile Review Turin, Italy Museo Piaggio Review Pontedera, Italy Museu Moto Bassella Review Bassella, Spain Museum of Transport and Technology Review Auckland, New Zealand NASCAR Hall of Fame Review Charlotte, United States National Automobile Museum Review Reno, United States National Corvette Museum Review Bowling Green, United States National Motor Museum Beaulieu Review Beaulieu, United Kingdom National Technical Museum Review Prague, Czech Republic Nethercutt Collection Review Sylmar, United States New York State Museum of Transportation Review Cobourg, Canada Nikola Tesla Technical Museum Review Zagreb, Croatia Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology Review Oslo, Norway Petersen Automotive Museum Review Los Angeles, United States Porsche Museum Review Stuttgart, Germany Prototyp Museum Review Hamburg, Germany PS.SPEICHER Review Einbeck, Germany Revs Institute Review Naples, United States Riga Motor Museum Review Riga, Latvia Saab Car Museum Review Trollhättan, Sweden Savoy Automobile Museum Review Cartersville, United States Sharjah Classic Cars Museum Review Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Škoda Museum Review Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic Springfield Indian Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame Review Springfield, United States Swiss Museum of Transport Review Lucerne, Switzerland Tatra Truck Museum Review Kopřivnice, Czech Republic Technik Museum Sinsheim Review Sinsheim, Germany Technik Museum Speyer Review Speyer, Germany The Tank Museum Review Bovington, United Kingdom Toyota Museum Review Toyota, Japan Volkswagen AutoMuseum Review Wolfsburg, Germany World of Volvo Review Gothenburg, Sweden

Editorial category guide

Automobile museums for design, engineering, and car culture

Automobile museums can be about beauty, speed, engineering, national industry, private collecting, motorsport, or the everyday car culture that shaped the twentieth century. A strong car museum needs more than polished vehicles in rows.

This guide looks for clear interpretation, collection range, design history, technical explanation, atmosphere, and whether the museum gives visitors a reason to care about the machines beyond nostalgia.