| Automotive buffs love anything to do with cars and | | | | eras of automotive history. There are historical pieces |
| this includes visits to museums. And if traveling with | | | | such as the Thomas Flyer, winner of the 1907 New |
| children a museum visit is an ideal family activity that | | | | York to Paris race, and long forgotten antiques such |
| also provides an educational experience. | | | | as the 1912 Rambler and the only 1906 |
| The Gilmore Car Museum in southwest Michigan is | | | | Adams-Farwell in existence. Racing enthusiasts can |
| rated as one of America's ten best. It comprises a | | | | view the 1925 Duesenberg, America's first successful |
| group of historic barns that have been restored and | | | | speedway racing car and the first car mounted with |
| spread over ninety acres. Housed within you will find | | | | a straight-eight engine. In total the collection features |
| a blend of antique and classic cars. It is the "only | | | | over 200 cars. |
| museum dedicated solely to exhibiting vehicles | | | | The Museum of Automobile History in Syracuse, New |
| produced by the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co. one of | | | | York is unique in that one can walk around its 12,000 |
| America's most celebrated automobiles." And, | | | | square feet but never see a car. Locating the building |
| depending on which barn you visit, you can view the | | | | poses no problem as the outside is plastered with 10 |
| most popular muscle cars of the 60's and 70's or the | | | | by 20 foot billboards featuring advertising from the |
| classic cars of the 30's. | | | | 1940's and 1950's. The inside contains an eclectic |
| The Gilmore also contains an impressive collection of | | | | collection of memorabilia including posters, sketches, |
| hood ornaments. However, the Gilmore is only open | | | | styling models, letters, patent applications, a copy of |
| from May until October. Those interested in movie, | | | | a speeding ticket issued to James Dean two hours |
| TV and celebrity owned cars could head to the | | | | prior to his death and Walter Chrysler's driver's license |
| Hollywood Star Cars Museum in Gatlinburg, | | | | together with his 1924 registration for the first |
| Tennessee. Here one can view 'Herbie the Love Bug | | | | Chrysler. |
| and 'Little Herbie" as well as a Batmobile. The | | | | One can also view oil paintings and rare advertising |
| museum is now home to the Ford Thunderbird | | | | pieces such as a complete set of Burma Shave road |
| owned by the Beach Boys and featured in one of | | | | signs. The museum is the brainchild of Walter Miller |
| their hits, "Fun, Fun, Fun. The car bears their | | | | who believes that "the history of the automobile is |
| autograph on the hood. And Elvis' Mark IV Lincoln | | | | about much more than just motor vehicles." "There |
| together Bob Hope's 1953 Buick are also on display | | | | isn't a person living in America today whose life |
| The National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada | | | | wasn't influenced or shaped by the automobile." And |
| now houses the former very impressive collection of | | | | just like car design, the museum is still evolving as the |
| Bill Harrah in a 105,000 square foot building along the | | | | back rooms are full of all types of related materials |
| banks of the Truckee River. The cars are exhibited | | | | awaiting sorting, cataloging and exhibiting while new |
| as parts of sets displaying the life during the different | | | | materials continue to arrive almost daily. |