The Weekly 3
I’m on the road again, picking up another donated vehicle for Miles Through Time Automotive Museum. Hopefully, I don’t mess it up again and leave this in my drafts until Wednesday like I did last week. 😉
If you’re reading this on Monday, I’m much closer to Owls Head Transportation Museum than I normally am, but it’s still too far for the time I have. This museum not only has really cool operational cars, but they also have operational aircraft. As an old crew chief on A10s and C130s, being on a flight line takes me back.
For some people, they really love seeing things they’re already familiar with. For example, cars from movies and TV shows connect with a lot more people than just regular cars.
The Celebrity Car Museum – The Velvet Collection is a great place to visit to see a lot of the cars you’re familiar with. This museum would probably be a great home for this Beatles-Inspired Collection looking for a new home.
Now if you’re like me, you enjoy seeing stuff you’ve seen before. The Revs Institute has some amazing cars on display, many I’m familiar with, but there are many that I am not.
I got to spend a few days at The Revs Institute a few years ago and the joint NAAM and WFFMM conference. I highly recommend visiting at least once, although you’ll need to wait until October 1st, since they are currently closed for maintenance.
Don’t forget to use the MAP to find out where the closest automotive museum is to you, no matter where you are in the world. This is what I use the most to find museums to visit during my travels.
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WHICH AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM WILL YOU VISIT NEXT?
Plan your next trip, discover your new favorite, or find the nearest museum
Sean Mathis
Creator of Automotive Museum Guide
Founder of Miles Through Time Automotive Museum
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FLORIDA
Revs Institute
The museum houses a collection of over 100 influential automobiles that meet strict standards for historical importance, rarity, and technical, aesthetic, or social significance.
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MAine
Owls Head Transportation Museum
Home to a world-class operating collection, the Owls Head Transportation Museum (OHTM) features more than 150 antique automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, bicycles, engines, and more.
Explore Automotive Museums in
MISSOURI
The Celebrity Car Museum: The Velvet Collection
The Celebrity Car Museum: The Velvet Collection hosts 100 + vehicles at a time within the museum. There is a nice assortment of various classics, muscle cars, street rods, and celebrity & movie cars.
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Getting Creative with Automotive Museums
The good news for people like us, is that there are no shortage of cool places to visit all over the world.
The Price of Admission
The price of admission is always a subject of debate. It is also one of the most common updates to museums listed in the Automotive Museum Guide.
You can see 5 vehicles or hundreds
One of the cool things about the Automotive Museum Guide is that you can use it as a resource at your pace. Most people do not travel the country specifically to visit automotive museums.
Closed for the season is better than closed for good
I’m on the road again this week, so this one will be brief. Last week I had to share the unfortunate news about a few automotive museums closing very soon.
These two museums are closing VERY soon
I have unfortunate news about two automotive museums that are closing this year. The first one I had a heads-up about it, so I knew it was coming.
For a Short Time, There Were 3 Cadillac Museums
There are two Cadillac museums you can visit in the USA. For a short time, my one-car museum could have been the third Cadillac museum in the country.
Underground storage is a thing
This was by far one of the most unique and cool places I’ve ever been to pick up a vehicle. The vehicle had been stored inside the side of a mountain for the last decade in a place called Brady’s Bend Underground Storage.
Guess how many automobile manufacturers have their own museums
Ever since I got into the automotive museum world, I thought it was strange that the big automotive manufacturers didn’t have their own museums.
Guess how many museums have closed in the last 5 years
Not including museums outside the USA, it takes about 3 years to get through all the museums. The three museums I’m sharing this week were last updated in 2023, which seems like forever ago.
Any excuse to visit a museum is a great excuse
There’s always room for more motorcycles. Even if you’re not a motorcycle rider, there is an art to the design of a motorcycle that you should be able to appreciate.