The Gilmore Car Museum is North America’s Largest Auto Museum — over 300 cars on display, nearly 190,000 sq. ft. of Exhibit space, a 90-acre historic campus, and much more.
The Gilmore Car Museum started in the early 1960s when Donald S. Gilmore began collecting vintage automobiles. Some of the first vehicles in his collection included a 1927 Ford Model T, a 1913 Rolls Royce, and a 1920 Pierce-Arrow. Restoring that classic Pierce-Arrow at his home on nearby Gull Lake ignited a passion. Over the years that followed Donald continued collecting some of the world’s most renowned automobiles.
To accommodate his collection he acquired 90 acres of land in southwestern Michigan in a small town known as Hickory Corners. It was his wife Genevieve who had the idea of turning the collection into a museum, providing future generations access to Donald’s one-of-a-kind collection. They established a non-profit foundation and opened the museum to the public for the first time on Sunday, July 31, 1966.
Today, the Gilmore Car Museum is North America’s largest auto museum with over 400 vehicles on display and over 190,000 square feet of exhibit space. The Museum’s 90-acre Historic Campus features numerous vintage structures including a restored and fully-functioning 1941 Silk City Diner, a recreated 1930s Shell Station, six onsite Partner Museums, and so much more.
Partner Museums
Cadillac & LaSalle Club Museum
Classic Car Club of America Museum
H.H. Franklin Club Museum
Lincoln Motor Car Heritage Museum
Model A Ford Museum
Museum of the Horseless Carriage
Pierce-Arrow Museum
6865 W Hickory Rd
Hickory Corners, MI 49060
P: 269-671-5089
Email: cshires@gilmorecarmuseum.org
Admission Rates ($2 off per ticket January – March)
Admission includes access to shows and all museum buildings and exhibits. Parking is free.
Adults / Seniors: $20
Veterans (Must present ID. Sold onsite only.): $18
Youth (ages 11–17): $12
Children (10 and under): FREE
Active Military (must present ID): FREE
Adult Consecutive Two-Day Pass $36
Youth Consecutive Two-Day Pass $20
Plan: 3 – 4hr
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The Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey is the perfect place to admire all your favorite vintage vehicles. You’ll find classic cars, race cars, memorabilia, libraries, and more at our vintage car museum in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.
The museum is educational for children and adults. Every vehicle has a plaque describing the mechanics of the vehicle and its history. Educational materials are shared with opportunities for kids to be photographed in the old cars.
The displays rotate every 2 months!
Every time you visit the Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey, you can see a different fleet of classic cars. Our vintage car museum rotates to give visitors a different experience every time they stop by.
1800 Bay Ave
Point Pleasant, NJ 08742
P: 732-899-0012
Free (donations accepted)
Plan: 1hr
Friday – Sunday 12 – 4 pm
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When Jimmy Morrison began searching for a property to expand his successful collector car dealership, he had no idea he would wind up in the museum business, but that’s exactly what happened when Morrison Motor Co, Inc. took ownership of Backing Up Classics Motor Car museum in 2001.
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4545 Concord Pkwy S
Concord, NC 28027
P: 704-788-9500
Email: morrisonmotorco@gmail.com
Adults $8
Seniors & Kids under 5 $6
Plan: 1hr
Open Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri 9:30 am-Last Tour 4 pm
Open Sat 9:30 am-Last Tour 3 pm
Sunday & Wednesday Closed
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10041 Palm Rd
Glenarm, IL 62629
P: 217-494-7105
Email: info@nationalcorvairmuseum.org
$5
Plan: 1hr
By Appointment
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940 Dickson Dr
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P: 605-720-6399
E: info@sturgiscarmuseum.com
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2 and under Free
Plan: 1hr
*Seasonally*
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Sunday 12 – 4 pm
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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....
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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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