About two dozen significant Pierce-Arrow vehicles including cars, bicycles, motorcycles, and travel trailers covering the full range of production years from 1903 to 1938, are always on display. Most have been restored to original condition and show Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company products at their very best. From time to time there are vehicles exhibited in unrestored condition, showing how well Pierce products have held up over three-quarters of a century since production ceased.
A majority of the vehicles are permanent. Others are on loan from owners and rotated to provide variety to the presentation each year. Some rotation occurs during the year due to activities or use in the other displays at the Gilmore Car Museum campus.
In 1999, the Pierce-Arrow Foundation was established to create a museum dedicated solely to the preservation of the history and products of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company. The basic annual Pierce-Arrow Museum Membership of $40 includes admission to the entire Gilmore Car Museum complex for members and spouses. All membership fees and donations are fully tax deductible.
6865 W Hickory Rd
Hickory Corners, MI 49060
P: 231-740-3610
Email: info@pierce-arrowmuseum.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+hr (including Gilmore)
Monday – Friday 9 am to 5 pm
Saturday – Sunday 9 am to 6 pm
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Situated on the beautiful 90-acre campus of the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, about midway between Detroit and Chicago. As one of the Gilmore partner museums, they join the Gilmore collections, the Classic Car Club of America Museum, the...
Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum is an automotive museum featuring Corvair, Hydramatic, Tucker, Kaiser-Frazer, and Hudson displays.
The Automotive Hall of Fame honors and celebrates the men and women of the automobile industry through their contributions, innovations, and stories.
The Gilmore Car Museum is the North America's Largest Auto Museum -- over 300 cars on display, nearly 190,000 sq. ft. Exhibit space, 90 acres
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The Museum of the Horseless Carriage’s mission is to engage, advance, support, promote, and administer charitable and educational activities, causes, and projects with the object of preserving the history and artifacts pertaining to the Brass Era automobile (pre-1916) by operating a museum and providing education opportunities for the general public.
The period before 1916 saw an amazing transformation in independent transportation and technological advancements. This period is not emphasized enough in museums or illustrated adequately in school history courses. The world’s history and culture were profoundly impacted by the early development of the horseless carriage and the pioneers who made it happen.
Locating the Museum of the Horseless Carriage at the Gilmore Car Museum creates the perfect partnership. Alignment of mission between our entities, central location in the United States, and the fact that the Gilmore is the largest auto museum in North America make it the perfect place.
The Museum of the Horseless Carriage is open at its temporary location in the Steam Barn on the Gilmore campus until the capital campaign is completed and the new stand-alone museum building is completed. The new building is targeted to be opened in 2024.
6865 W Hickory Rd
Hickory Corners, MI 49060
P: 330-605-8511
Email: hccamuseum@outlook.com
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+hr (including Gilmore)
Monday – Friday 9 am to 5 pm
Saturday – Sunday 9 am to 6 pm
Image via https://www.facebook.com/HCCAMuseum
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Situated on the beautiful 90-acre campus of the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, about midway between Detroit and Chicago. As one of the Gilmore partner museums, they join the Gilmore collections, the Classic Car Club of America Museum, the...
Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum is an automotive museum featuring Corvair, Hydramatic, Tucker, Kaiser-Frazer, and Hudson displays.
The Automotive Hall of Fame honors and celebrates the men and women of the automobile industry through their contributions, innovations, and stories.
The Gilmore Car Museum is the North America's Largest Auto Museum -- over 300 cars on display, nearly 190,000 sq. ft. Exhibit space, 90 acres
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The Model A Ford Museum is truly a treat for our hobbyists. Whether you’ve been before or may be planning to go, each visit will present new vehicles and exhibits that will interest young and old alike. At any given time, the museum has about thirty Model A vehicles on display representing all production years, 1928 through 1931, and a variety of body styles from Tudors to Phaetons to Pickups to Firetrucks, etc.
Annually, they freshen the Museum with new exhibits and displays and create a theme for each year in which we focus on a specific usage of the Model A Ford during its production era. They also have five interactive displays that allow a visitor to learn about the Model A Ford through a “hands-on” experience.
6865 W Hickory Rd
Hickory Corners, MI 49060
P: 269-671-5089
Email: President@maffi.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+hr (including Gilmore)
Monday – Friday 9 am to 5 pm
Saturday – Sunday 9 am to 6 pm
Image via Happy Humphreys Begg
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Situated on the beautiful 90-acre campus of the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, about midway between Detroit and Chicago. As one of the Gilmore partner museums, they join the Gilmore collections, the Classic Car Club of America Museum, the...
Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum is an automotive museum featuring Corvair, Hydramatic, Tucker, Kaiser-Frazer, and Hudson displays.
The Automotive Hall of Fame honors and celebrates the men and women of the automobile industry through their contributions, innovations, and stories.
The Gilmore Car Museum is the North America's Largest Auto Museum -- over 300 cars on display, nearly 190,000 sq. ft. Exhibit space, 90 acres
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The Franklin Automobile Collection is the permanent home of The H. H. Franklin Club’s collection of automobiles, display engines, and artifacts that span the four-decade history of the H.H. Franklin Company.
The Syracuse, NY firm built America’s most successful air-cooled automobile, with its first innovative air-cooled motorcar in 1902 and continued production until 1934. Of the 150,000 Franklins built between 1902 and 1934, it’s estimated that about 3,700 have survived. This museum is a part of the Gilmore car museum estate.
6865 W Hickory Rd
Hickory Corners
P: 269-671-5089
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: 1-2 hr
9 am – 5 pm daily
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The Inspiration For The Lincoln Motor Car Heritage Museum Building
Much of the significance and charm of the Gilmore Car Museum campus lies in the placement of many historic structures, both restored originals, and replicas, on the site. In keeping with that theme, the Lincoln Motor Car Heritage Museum, although a new building, is patterned after a historic Lincoln dealership.
6865 W Hickory Rd
Hickory Corners, MI 49060
P: 269-671-5089
Email: lincolnmotorcarsecretary@gmail.com
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+hr (including Gilmore)
Monday – Friday 9 am to 5 pm
Saturday – Sunday 9 am to 6 pm
Image via https://www.facebook.com/LincolnMotorCarMuseum/photos/
Situated on the beautiful 90-acre campus of the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, about midway between Detroit and Chicago. As one of the Gilmore partner museums, they join the Gilmore collections, the Classic Car Club of America Museum, the...
Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum is an automotive museum featuring Corvair, Hydramatic, Tucker, Kaiser-Frazer, and Hudson displays.
The Automotive Hall of Fame honors and celebrates the men and women of the automobile industry through their contributions, innovations, and stories.
The Gilmore Car Museum is the North America's Largest Auto Museum -- over 300 cars on display, nearly 190,000 sq. ft. Exhibit space, 90 acres
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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
Image via https://www.facebook.com/pg/GilmoreCarMuseum/photos/
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Situated on the beautiful 90-acre campus of the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, about midway between Detroit and Chicago. As one of the Gilmore partner museums, they join the Gilmore collections, the Classic Car Club of America Museum, the...
Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum is an automotive museum featuring Corvair, Hydramatic, Tucker, Kaiser-Frazer, and Hudson displays.
The Automotive Hall of Fame honors and celebrates the men and women of the automobile industry through their contributions, innovations, and stories.
The Gilmore Car Museum is the North America's Largest Auto Museum -- over 300 cars on display, nearly 190,000 sq. ft. Exhibit space, 90 acres
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