Colorado

Discover Colorado Automotive Museums, Events, and History.

The Orphanage – Automotive Themed Gallery Space

The Orphanage is a gallery in downtown Yuma, CO. On permanent display is a vintage car collection.

Vehicle Vault

Vehicle Vault is a unique auto museum and event venue that provides a unique environment for the community to share a passion for cars, history, and fun! The Vehicle Vault is not your average car museum with a unique and beautiful building housing a fabulous...

Cussler Museum

Colorado

The Cussler Museum is dedicated to the preservation of astounding rare and vintage automobiles from all over the world. This extensive collection of over 100 significant automobiles, ranging in years from 1906 to 1965, was started by renowned best-selling author Clive Cussler.

Forney Museum of Transportation

Colorado

The Forney Museum of Transportation is a one-of-a-kind collection of over 500 artifacts relating to the history of transportation.

Rangely Automotive Museum

Colorado

The Rangely Automotive Museum is a classic automotive museum with rare autos and motorcycles from the early 1900’s.

« Older Entries

Discover Colorado Automotive Museums, Events, and History.

COLORADO

Colorado, a western U.S. state, has a diverse landscape of arid desert, river canyons and snow-covered Rocky Mountains, which are partly protected by Rocky Mountain National Park. Elsewhere, Mesa Verde National Park features Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings. Perched a mile above sea level, Denver, Colorado’s capital and largest city, features a vibrant downtown area.

COLORADO TOURISM INFO

AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY

History Colorado displays a rare part of early automotive history at the downtown Denver museum. The 1914 Fritchle electric car had a range of 60-100 miles on a single battery charge. It is thought to be the last existing car built by the Fritchle Automobile and Battery Company of Denver. It was the creation of Oliver Fritchle, a chemist, battery innovator, and entrepreneur. He produced several hundred electric vehicles. Fritchle even drove one of his electric cars from Denver to New York. The car did well on the trip, but finding places to recharge and navigating the early 1900 roads was a challenge. The car on display at the museum no longer runs, but it was driven there when the museum received it in the 1980s.