The MTFCA Model T Museum is committed to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting artifacts from the Model T Ford era for future generations through displays and events that educate people of all ages on the history, lore, and skills needed to maintain the car that put the world on wheels.
More than just a collection, it’s an immersive experience. Here are some of what you’ll find at the Model T Museum!
Challenge everything you know about Ford’s most popular car by exploring our extensive collection! There are five immersive exhibits that will transport you into the look and feel of the Model T era: two early 1900s replica Ford Agency Show Rooms, the Vintage Garage, the Machine Shop, and the Agriculture Room.
Two additional gallery spaces feature the broad uses of the Model T. Educational opportunities include guided tours, a cutaway chassis, and a hands-on Model T simulator, plus a variety of manuals, publications, CDs, and restoration DVDs available for purchase.
309 N 8th St
Richmond, IN 47374
P: 765-488-0026
Email: admin@mtfca.com
Adults $7
Students (6-17) $5
Veterans $5
Plan: 1hr
Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday 10 am – 4 pm
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The Salty Dog Museum features dozens of expertly restored Ford Model A’s & T’s and eight vintage fire trucks. The museum features vehicles on display from 1911 to the 1970s.
4995 Cincinnati Brookville Rd
Hamilton, OH 45013
P: 513-738-7353
$7 donation
Plan: 1hr
By Donation
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Miles Through Time Automotive Museum has over 100 years of must-see automotive history on display. This unique, co-op-style museum is located inside of Vintage Garage Antiques which is in an old textile mill called the Old Clarkesville Mill in Clarkesville, GA....
AACA Museum, Inc. at Hershey is a professionally staffed, collecting institution presenting semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions. Exhibitions are supported by educational programs for school and community audiences. It sponsors workshops and other activities...
The Cole Land Transportation Museum collects, preserves, and displays (before they disappear forever) a cross-section of Maine's land transportation equipment from which this and future generations will gain knowledge of the past. We also wish to remember, record...
With its creative architecture and great attention to detail, Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is home to over 1,400 motorcycles that span over 100 years of production. More than 650 bikes can be seen on any given day, and 200 different manufacturers from 20...
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I’m heading to the National Association of Motor Museums’ Annual Conference on Tuesday.
I joined NAAM back when I first started Miles Through Time in 2017. Aside from the big automotive museums, I could find online, NAAM was my only other resource to figure out how to create a museum of my own.
I will admit I didn’t get much out of NAAM for years. To be fair, for the first three years, I truly was a one-man show and didn’t have to do much with NAAM.
It wasn’t until I went to my very first conference in 2020 and the National Corvette Museum, that I discovered the true value of NAAM. I met a bunch of amazing people associated with other automotive museums from all over the country.
The following year, the conference was at the Revs Institute then The Henry Ford, and last year at Savoy. Each year, I’ve been able to make new personal contacts and reunite with others who have become great friends over the years.
Attending the annual conference at NAAM is something I look forward to every year now. I find myself in a unique position when I attend the conference because I am not employed by a museum who was sent to the conference, and I’m not the guy with a car collection who decided to start a museum. And yet, somehow, I am also both, minus the car collection. 😉
It doesn’t matter if I’m talking with a museum director, the founder, or a volunteer docent, just being able to chat and mingle with peers in an industry I never imagined being a part of in the capacity I am, is amazing.
Tuesday, I’m heading to the Petersen Automobile Museum. I’m pretty sure everyone has heard of the Petersen. It’s one of the top automotive museums in the world.
This will be my second visit to the Petersen. My first visit was driving a donated e21 BMW back to Georgia and stopped by the Petersen to visit my friend Leslie Kendall. Little did I know I’d end up spending the entire day there. Half because Leslie and I chatted and half because the BMW broke down in the parking lot.
At the end of the day, I drove away in that e21 and eventually made it back to Miles Through Time Automotive Museum. If you want to watch that trip, here’s a video. If you donate a car to Miles Through Time Automotive Museum, I may just come get it myself, and driving it back even from California isn’t off the table. 😉
As amazing as the Petersen is, it got its start on June 11th 1994, when Margie and Robert E. Petersen donated $5 million to the Los Angeles County National History Museum.
Interestingly enough, that is pretty much the same amount Miles Through Time needs to build a new building. Perhaps one day, the little museum I started with my Pop’s car will be as famous as The Petersen.
The other great thing about the NAAM conference is that we travel to other museums. The networking and lectures are great, but the ability to go on field trips makes the NAAM conference better than any other conferences I’ve been to.
I wanted to go to the Lyon Air Museum when I was driving the old BMW back to Georgia, but I didn’t have time since I had the opportunity to visit Jay Leno’s Garage, which seemed like a chance of a lifetime.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to meet Jay, but I saw him there patiently, allowing a very enthusiastic fan to talk his ear off. I hope one day I can meet him and show him what I’ve created.
The Lyon Air Museum has a great mix of vehicles and aircraft on display. I was an A10 and C130 crew chief for 11 years, so I also have an appreciation for things with wings and this museum has both.
Another museum I get to visit is the Marconi Automotive Museum. This was another museum I had hoped to visit on my trip back in the BMW, but at that point I was very well aware that it was possible the BMW was not going to make it another 2,000 miles.
Luckily, I get to see the museum this week. The museum was started by Dick Marconi, his wife Bo, and his son John. Marconi has some amazing exotic supercars on display. I only need one at Miles Through Time. The museum hosts a lot of events and admission is donated to the Marconi Foundation for Kids, which is a great cause.
Aside from these museums, I’m also going to get to see some private collections in the LA area, I can’t tell you about. I will share photos and videos on my Instagram and Facebook if you want to follow along.
Have a great week!
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Today, the Petersen Automotive Museum stands independently as the nation’s premier automotive museum, serving hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
Lyon Air Museum is collocated with Martin Aviation, an award-winning jet, turbo-prop, and piston-powered aircraft repair facility established in 1923 by famed aviation pioneer Eddie Martin.
The Marconi Automotive Museum is located in the heart of Orange County and houses a 100-plus car collection that is open to the public.
Last week I shared my vision for the future of Miles Through Time Automotive Museum, which then broke automotivemuseumguide.com. A lot of people reached out to me saying they were not able to access the website.
This week I am going to share with you three automotive museums that opened near the same time Miles Through Time Automotive Museum started in 2017.
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Last week was amazing, getting to spend time with peers and friends at The Petersen. Having the opportunity to view some private collections
I'm heading to the National Association of Motor Museums' Annual Conference on Tuesday.
It is pretty awesome when people visit Miles Through Time Automotive Museum from all over the country
It still amazes me that the Automotive Museum Guide has grown into a huge resource for automotive museums, and visitors who want to visit them.
I'll start this week by letting you know about a brand-new museum that just opened this month. The St. Charles Motorcycle Museum is now open.
I still remember it like yesterday. It was the end of 2016, and I was forced to decide whether to start the museum
I love discovering new automotive museums. Sometimes, it is a museum that has been around, but it took me a while to find it.
Ollies’ Garage is a rotational classic car display in a small museum-like showroom in Canberra, initially featuring unrestored survivor cars. Come and see some of Australia’s best classic cars and memorabilia in our new display, from iconic Aussie muscle cars to the finest English and German classics, including the Canberra showroom of the Sir Henry Royce Foundation. The exhibits are from personal collections and will change regularly.
72 Gladstone St,
Fyshwick ACT 2609, Australia
P: +61417260927
Email: info@olliesgarage.com.au
Adult $15
Plan: 1-2hr
By Appointment
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Miles Through Time Automotive Museum has over 100 years of must-see automotive history on display. This unique, co-op-style museum is located inside of Vintage Garage Antiques which is in an old textile mill called the Old Clarkesville Mill in Clarkesville, GA....
AACA Museum, Inc. at Hershey is a professionally staffed, collecting institution presenting semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions. Exhibitions are supported by educational programs for school and community audiences. It sponsors workshops and other activities...
The Cole Land Transportation Museum collects, preserves, and displays (before they disappear forever) a cross-section of Maine's land transportation equipment from which this and future generations will gain knowledge of the past. We also wish to remember, record...
With its creative architecture and great attention to detail, Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is home to over 1,400 motorcycles that span over 100 years of production. More than 650 bikes can be seen on any given day, and 200 different manufacturers from 20...
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The Manor of the Automobile and Old Trades of Lohéac it is one of the finest museums in Europe dedicated to the history of the automobile. 15,000 m2 of exhibition space in a seventeenth-century mansion. More than 400 vehicles (including 30 horse-drawn vehicles, 50 motorcycles and bicycles) of all types, ages and nationalities, illustrate a century of automobile. One hundred mannequins in dresses from the era, animate all the collections and the thousands of objects presented.
During your visit, you will discover preciously uncommon things, such as this still, witness of a time when the production of alcohol was an ordinary practice in our countries with the right to distiller.
The most common of objects rest among cars from all times, such as the Hummingbird, famous offshore race boat that belonged to the pilot Didier PIRONI, and in which he lost his life during a terrible accident.
These are what make the Manor of the Newfoundland Court, a blend of power and melancholy from the Roaring Twenties.
4 Rue de la Cour Neuve,
35550 Lohéac, France
P: +33299340232
Email: musee@manoir-automobile.fr
Adult € 15
Children 10-16 years 11 €
Groups of 25 people 13 €/ person.
(free for children under 10 accompanied by parents)
Plan: 1-2hr
Open daily and on public holidays from 10 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 7 pm
(Closed on Monday).
July-August OPEN EVERY DAY INCLUDING Monday from 10 am to 7 pm (Closed 25th of December and 01st of January
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Miles Through Time Automotive Museum has over 100 years of must-see automotive history on display. This unique, co-op-style museum is located inside of Vintage Garage Antiques which is in an old textile mill called the Old Clarkesville Mill in Clarkesville, GA....
AACA Museum, Inc. at Hershey is a professionally staffed, collecting institution presenting semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions. Exhibitions are supported by educational programs for school and community audiences. It sponsors workshops and other activities...
The Cole Land Transportation Museum collects, preserves, and displays (before they disappear forever) a cross-section of Maine's land transportation equipment from which this and future generations will gain knowledge of the past. We also wish to remember, record...
With its creative architecture and great attention to detail, Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is home to over 1,400 motorcycles that span over 100 years of production. More than 650 bikes can be seen on any given day, and 200 different manufacturers from 20...
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