A Bus, a Cloud and a Village All Have One Thing in Common.
I hope you had a great 4th of July weekend. I know many people have been traveling. I've gotten to see friends on social media visit automotive museums while they travel.
It’s amazing how much time can just become a blur. I started Miles Through Time Automotive Museum eight years ago. I created the Automotive Museum Guide six years ago, and today marks the 200th email I sent sharing automotive museums.
This means I have shared over 600 automotive museums in just under four years. Some people have been following along from the very beginning, while over 100 new people join every single month.
Someone new to the Automotive Museum Guide may not realize the guide exists because it started as my research to figure out how to create my own car museum.
Once someone realizes I founded a museum myself called Miles Through Time Automotive Museum. The assumptions about me can run wild. Some of them I wish were true, but usually they are way off base.
I am an open book. It is the only way I found I could create a web of automotive museums and get people to be a part of my museum. If you’re on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or X, you can follow me directly.
I’m not independently or generationally wealthy. I’m just a car guy who inherited his grandpa’s 1959 Cadillac and felt so honored to have it, that I wanted to share it with as many other people as I could and provide a platform for others like me to do the same.
Luckily, my vision of what an automotive museum could be has morphed over the years and has had success. It is amazing when I get emails out of the blue that someone wants to donate a vehicle. Or I check the mail or get an email notification that someone has sent a check or donated online.
There are a lot of passionate automotive enthusiasts in the world, and the fact that you get this email means you’re one of them. The museum I started is just one of many automotive museums you can visit, and I hope you are able to visit as many as possible.
The more I am immersed in the automotive museum world and automotive culture, the stronger my feelings get about how important it is for us to not only preserve and share automotive history, but to learn from it as well.
Automotive museums are just like snowflakes. No two are alike, but they are all beautiful in their own way. You may visit an automotive museum and find it isn’t your favorite for one reason or another, but at least you did your part by visiting, and hopefully you saw something interesting and learned something new.
There is one museum I regret not being able to stop at, especially since I literally drove past the entrance when I was driving a donated car back from California. I was still on east coast time and eager to drive back, so when I drove past Woodland Auto Display it was 4 am.
I will be back at some point though, because I want to see the museum Dick Woodland founded and explore Estrella Warbird Museum at the same time.
Another museum you can visit that blurs the line between auto and air is the Old Rhinebeck Aerodome. I’m a fan of seeing vintage planes and cars together, which is exactly what you will see at this museum.
The last museum I want to share with you this week is an example of a basic automotive museum. The Roy Peter Bach Museum is operated by the Santa Fe Trail Auto Club. There is very little information available about this museum, but it is open to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sometimes you just have to start somewhere.
There are so many automotive museums to discover, the best resource to use when traveling the country is the MAP. If you’re a world traveler, there is even more to discover HERE.
If you know anyone who would enjoy learning about automotive museums to visit, forward this email over to them and encourage them to sign up.
Have a great week!
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Sean Mathis
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Founder of Miles Through Time Automotive Museum
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Founded by vintner and car aficionado Richard “Dick” Woodland, the collection also includes numerous well-known vintage and classic automobiles, along with preserved historical motorcycles.
Roy Peter Bach Auto Museum is a new auto museum with vintage and antique automobiles and other auto collectibles.
The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome all begins in the Pioneer Building with the crude biplane hang gliders that inspired the Wright Brothers.
I hope you had a great 4th of July weekend. I know many people have been traveling. I've gotten to see friends on social media visit automotive museums while they travel.
Over the weekend, the museum I founded, Miles Through Time Automotive Museum, just celebrated our 9th Annual Car Show.
I am obviously a big proponent of automotive museums. I'll be excited when new museums open, and I'll be bummed when they close.
One of the vehicles was an old fire truck, and they took it on the Tail of the Dragon, which should give you an idea of the types of cars these guys were in.
Is it really a museum? Or just a private collection being stored in a business that is open to the public? Does it really matter? You be the judge.
This week, I'll share three museums that are also personal collections, but they took it one step further.
The phrase "car museum" gets thrown around so much you'd almost assume there is at least one car museum owner in every city.
If you don't care or don't have time to do anything other than just glance at the three automotive museums at the bottom
I created the Automotive Museum Guide six years ago, and today marks the 200th email I sent sharing automotive museums.
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.
3 Dog Garage is a unique, not-for-profit, historic-vehicle museum located in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, and occupies a restored, three-story, early 20th-century brick manufacturing building with an attached one-story wing built approximately 50 years ago. A second building, within easy walking distance of the first, is a recently and extensively renovated mid-20th century brick manufacturing facility, which opened its doors as a museum in 2022. Display areas, a working restoration shop, a library and other spaces, all combined, total approximately 75,000 square feet.
The several collections in the museum contain vehicles as chosen by long-time collector Ross Myers, who bought his first vintage automobile, a 1936 Ford in need of total restoration, when he was eight years old. The car is now a national-award winning show car and resides at 3 Dog Garage with more than 100 other vehicles.
The museum takes its name from three Myers family dogs, all of whom enjoyed going for rides in old cars, especially old open cars. Their names were George, Gracie and Dauber, all Bouviers, now in Dog Heaven.
Ross and his wife Beth have designed the museum spaces so that the visitor experience provides the opportunity for close personal inspection and enjoyment of the vehicles without ropes or encumbrances to easy movement. There is no charge to visit 3 Dog Garage, but admission can be made by pre-arrangement with the museum scheduling department for groups such as car clubs or community service organizations.
15 S Madison St.
Boyertown, PA 19512
Free
Plan: 1+hr
Image via Chris Marcho
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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 museum’s primary focus is racing vehicles, with a concentration of NASCAR Sprint, Modified, Super Modified, and Midget race cars. Founded by vintner and car aficionado Richard “Dick” Woodland, the collection also includes numerous well-known vintage and classic automobiles, along with preserved historical motorcycles. The Woodland Auto Display is located on the grounds of the Estrella Warbirds Museum. It is home to a vast collection of military artifacts, aircraft, vehicles, and memorabilia.
4251 Dry Creek Rd
Paso Robles, CA 93446
P: 805-238-9317
Email: woodlandautodisplay@gmail.com
Entrance to both museums is through the Gift Shop at Estrella Warbirds Museum. Admission (includes entrance to both Estrella Warbirds Museum and Woodland Auto Display):
One Day/ Pass Two Day Pass
Adult $18 / $24
Senior (60+) $12 / $24
Student (w/ID) $10 / $15
Child (6-12) $8 / $12
Child (0-5) Free / Free
Military Veteran $12 / $18
Active Duty (w/ID) Free / Free
Plan: 2+hr
Thursday – Sunday 10am – 4pm
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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 Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome all begins in the Pioneer Building with the crude biplane hang gliders that inspired the Wright Brothers. Marvel at their historic “Flyers” and follow the decade of innovation with Bleriot, Curtiss, and others. These men and their machines were “Magnificent.”
Names like Fokker and Von Richthofen, SPAD and Rickenbacker, echo through the WWI Building. See how aircraft matured under the pressures of aerial combat. Aviation became an extension of knights in shining armor and the pilots the last of the single combat warriors.
Barnstormers spread flying across the country, Lucky Lindy flew the Atlantic, and little airplanes for private flyers became part of the roaring 20s and 30s. In the Golden Age Building, you’ll find the WACOs, Aeroncas, Fairchilds, Taylors, and other great names of the era.
It all comes together in the History of Flight Building with our comprehensive exhibit of the aircraft, vehicles, engines, and memorabilia that make up our static display and compose a tribute to the glory of man’s conquest of the air.
9 Norton Rd
Red Hook, NY 12571
P: 845-752-3200
Email: info@oldrhinebeck.org
Air Show Admission-Cash & Credit Cards Accepted at the Admissions Booth. Purchase Day of show Tickets at the Gate-Always Available. Tickets Online
Weekday Museum Admission
Biplane Rides
Plan: 1hr
May 1 – October 31, 10 AM – 5 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....
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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Roy Peter Bach Auto Museum is a new auto museum with vintage and antique automobiles and other auto collectibles.
1411 105th Avenue
Larned, KS 67550
Email: sftac.76@gmail.com
Unknown
Plan: 1hr
Tuesday & Thursday 1pm – 4pm
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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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