The Ultimate Guide to Car Museums Across the Globe
Here we’ve compiled the ultimate comprehensive guide to the best car museums all across the globe (and continuously updating this list too), from the biggest halls of fame to intimate displays of private collections. There's something for everyone in the world of car museums.
Uncover the legends of motorsports at iconic venues like the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum in the heart of American racing history. But also shine a spotlight on the lesser-known gems, the small local museums that celebrate the automotive heritage of their history and communities.
One thing that’s certain, is there is clearly a shared love for cars and motorsports all across the globe. This list will guide you to automotive museums no matter where you are in the world, even where you might least expect it.
Get ready to be inspired, amazed, and captivated by the incredible diversity and ingenuity of the automotive world, all around the world!
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Canillo Motorcycle Museum (Canillo)
Museo Nacional del Automovil (Encamp)
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Automovil Club Argentino Museum (Buenos Aires)
Museo del Automovil (Buenos Aires)
Museo del Automóvil Termas (Las Termas)
Museo Fangio (Balcarce)
Museo Municipal Hermanos Emiliozzi (Olavarria)
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Ambulance Victoria Museum (Bayswater)
Brisbane Motor Museum (Brisbane)
Bunbury Geographe Motor Museum (Bunbury)
Campes Motor Museum (Hamilton)
Charlie's Auto Museum (Arthurs Seat)
Fox Classic Car Collection (Melbourne)
Gippsland Vehicle Collection (Maffra)
Mildura Holden Motor Museum (Buronga)
Museum of Vehicle Evolution (Kialla)
National Automobile Museum of Tasmania (Invermay)
National Motor Museum (Birdwood)
National Motor Racing Museum (Bathurst)
National Transport Museum (Inverell)
National Road Transport Hall of Fame (Arumbera)
Queensland Transport Museum (Gatton)
The Australian Motorlife Museum (Stream Hill)
Motor Museum of Western Australia (Whiteman)
Trafalgar Holden Museum (Trafalgar)
Wonders of Wynyard - Veteran Car Collection (Wynyard)
York Motor Museum (York)
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Automobil & Motorradmuseum (Gramatneusiedl)
Automobil Museum Aspang (Aspang-Markt)
Automobil Raum Zeit Salzburg - Rolls-Royce and Bentley Highlight Tour (Salzburg)
Das Gerhard Porsche Museum (St. Salvator)
Ferdinand Porsche Erlebniswelten fahr(t)raum (Mattsee)
Hangar-7 Red Bull (Salzburg)
Johann Puch Museum (Graz)
Koller Oldtimermuseum (Österreich)
KTM Motohall (Mattighofen)
Lotus Museum (Bad Aussee)
Manro Classic Museum (Koppl)
Museum Fahrzeug - Technik - Luftfahrt (Bad Ischl)
Porsche Automuseum Helmut Pfeifhofer (Gmünd)
Siegfried Marcus Automobil-Museum Stockerau (Stockerau)
Top Mountain Crosspoint Motorcycle Museum (Hochgurgl)
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Abarth Works Museum (Lier)
American Legend Store (Antwerp)
Autoworld National Car Museum (Brussels)
Bastogne Barracks (Bastogne)
D'Ieteren Gallery (Brussels)
Flemish Tram and Bus Museum (Antwerp)
MahyMobiles (Leuze-en-Hainaut)
Museum of public transport in Wallonia (Liège)
Oldtimermuseum Bossaert (Lo-Reninge)
Spa-Francorchamps Racetrack Museum (Stavelot)
Train World (Brussels)
Tram Museum (Brussels)
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Hollywood Dream Cars – Automobile Museum (Gramado)
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Canadian Automotive Museum (Oshawa)
Canadian Transportation Museum (Kingsville)
Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition (Vancouver)
Dreamcycle Motorcycle Museum (Sorrento)
Firefighters Museum of Nova Scotia (Yarmouth)
Gasoline Alley Museum (Calgary)
Reynolds Alberta Museum (Wetaskiwin)
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Auto Museum Moncopulli (Los Lagos)
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Beijing Auto Museum (Beijing)
Sanhe Classic Car Museum (Chengdu)
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Skoda Museum (Mladá Boleslav)
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Classic Car House (Lyngby)
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Automuuseum (Loomse)
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Charles Pozzi Car Museum (Vence)
Citroën & DS Conservatory (Aulnay-sous-Bois)
Motor Museum of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (Le Mans)
Musée de l’Automobile Henri Malartre (Rochetaillée-sur-Saône)
Musée National de l'Automobile (Mulhouse)
The Peugeot Adventure Museum (Sochaux)
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Audi Forum (Ingolstadt)
August Horch Museum (Zwickau)
Auto & Uhrenwelt (Schramberg)
Automobil-Park Auwärter (Pilsting)
Automobile Welt Eisenach (Eisenach)
Automuseum Adlkofen (Adlkofen)
Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz (Ladenburg)
Automuseum Engstingen (Engstingen)
Automuseum Melle (Melle)
Autosammlung Steim (Schramberg)
Autostadt (Wolfsburg)
BMW Museum (Munich)
BOXENSTOP Museum (Tübingen)
Car & Tractor Museum Lake Constance (Uhldingen-Mühlhofen)
Classic Remise (Berlin)
Classic Remise (Düsseldorf)
Cylinder House Museum (Bernkastel-Kues)
Deutsches Automuseum (Schloss Langenburg)
EFA Mobile Times (Amerang)
Foundation Auto Museum Volkswagen (Wolfsburg)
German Car Museum Fichtelberg (Fichtelberg)
MAC - Museum Art & Cars (Singen)
Marxzell Vehicle Museum (Marxzell)
Mazda Classic Automobile Museum Frey (Augsburg)
Mercedes-Benz Museum (Stuttgart)
Merks Motor Museum (Nuremberg)
Michael Schumacher Private Collection (Cologne)
Motorworld (Multiple Locations)
Museum of Hameln’s Automobile History (Hamelin)
Museum of Historic Maybach Vehicles (Neumarkt)
Museum Patina (Ebersbach an der Fils)
Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection (Dietzhölztal)
Porsche Experience Center Factory Tour (Leipzig)
Porsche Museum (Stuttgart)
Prototyp Museum (Hamburg)
PS.Speicher (Einbeck)
Renault Museum Philipp (Sinsheim)
Rosengart Museum (Bedburg)
Technik Museum (Sinsheim)
Technik Museum (Speyer)
The Police Classic Car Museum (Marburg)
Transport Museum (Karlsruhe)
Unimog Musem (Gaggenau)
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Hellenic Motor Museum (Athens)
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Heritage Transport Museum (Haryana)
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National Car Museum of Iran (Tehran)
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Isle of Man Motor Museum (Jurby)
Murrays Motorcycle Museum (Douglas)
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Alfa Romeo Historical Museum (Lombardy)
Collezione Umberto Panini (Modena)
COMP – Collezione Moto Poggi (Bologna)
Dainese ARchivio (Vicenza)
Dallara Academy (Parma)
Ducati Museum (Bologna)
FIAT Heritage Hub (Turin)
Horacio Pagani Museo (Modena)
Lamborghini Automobile Museum (Sant'Agata Bolognese)
Maserati Factory Tour (Modena)
Moto Dei Miti (Viterbo)
Museo Agusta (Cascina Costa)
Museo Ferrari (Maranello)
Museo Enzo Ferrari (Modena)
Museo Ferruccio Lamborghini (Bologna)
Museo Fisogni (Tradate)
Museo Mille Miglia (Brescia)
Museo Moto Guzzi (Mandello del Lario)
Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile (Turin)
Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa (Naples)
Museo Nicolis (Villafranca di Verona)
Museo Scooter & Lambretta (Millepini)
Museo Stanguellini (Modena)
Officine Benelli Museum (Pesaro)
Piaggio Museum (Pontedera)
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Fuji Motorsports Museum (Oyama)
Honda Collection Hall (Motegi)
Mazda Museum (Hiroshima)
Mitsubishi Auto Gallery (Okazaki)
Motorcar Museum of Japan (Komatsu)
Prince and Skyline Museum (Okaya)
Toyota Automobile Museum (Nagakute)
Yamaha Motor Communication Plaza (Iwata)
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The Royal Automobile Museum (Amman)
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Riga Motor Museum (Riga)
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Malta Classic Car Collection (St. Paul’s Bay)
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Louwman Museum (The Hague)
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Autohaven Collection (Christchurch)
Bill Richardson Transport World (Invercargill)
Classics Museum (Hamilton)
Geraldine Vintage Car and Machinery Museum (Geraldine)
Matthews Vintage Collection (Taipa)
Nelson Classic Car Museum (Nelson)
Southward Car Museum (Paraparaumu)
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Miniature Car Museum (Gouveia)
Museu do Caramulo (Caramulo)
Museum of Transport & Communications (Porto)
National Coach Museum (Lisbon)
Rally Museum (Fafe)
Tramcar Museum (Porto)
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Micro Car Museum of Puerto Rico (Guaynabo)
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Qatar Auto Museum Project (Doha)
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Țiriac Collection Auto Gallery (Bucharest)
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Auto Pavilion (Uitenhage)
Franschhoek Motor Museum (Franschhoek)
James Hall Museum of Transport (Johannesburg)
Motorcycle Museum Helderberg (Cape Town)
Wijnland Auto Museum (Cape Town)
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Barcelona Automobile Museum (Barcelona)
Museum of Automotive History (Salamanca)
Museo del Automóvil y la Moda (Malaga)
Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid (Madrid)
Museo del Motor (Alicante)
Museo y Circuito Fernando Alonso (Asturias)
Museo Moto Bassella (Lleida)
Museo Vehiculos Guadalest (Alicante)
Roda Roda Automotive Museum of Lleida (Lleida)
Salvador Claret Automobile Collection (Girona)
Torre Lozaiga (Bizkaia)
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Autoseum (Simrishamn)
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Autobau Erlebniswelt Museum (Romanshorn)
Fondation Pierre Gianadda (Martigny)
Swiss Museum of Transport (Lucerne)
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Ural Ataman Classic Car Museum (Istanbul)
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Al Ain Classic Car Museum (Abu Dhabi)
Ferrari World Yas Island (Abu Dhabi)
Sharjah Classic Cars Museum (Sharjah)
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Aston Martin Heritage Trust (Drayton Saint Leonard)
Bexhill Museum (Bexhill-on-Sea)
British Motor Museum (Warwickshire)
Brooklands Museum (Weybridge)
Bubble Car Museum (Langrick)
Bugatti Trust (Gloucestershire)
Coventry Transport Museum (Coventry)
Grampian Transport Museum (Alford)
Haynes Motor Museum (Somerset)
Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (Gaydon)
Jim Clark Motor Museum (Duns, Scotland)
Moray Motor Museum (Elgin, Scotland)
Morgan Motor Company Factory Tour (Malvern)
National Motor Museum Trust (Beaulieu)
Silverstone Museum (Towcester)
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Alabama:
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum (Birmingham)
Arizona:
Martin Auto Museum (Phoenix)
Penske Racing Museum (Phoenix)
Arkansas:
Four States Auto Museum (Texarkana)
Museum of Automobiles (Morrilton)
California:
Academy of Art University Automobile Museum (San Francisco)
Blackhawk Museum - The Don Williams Automobile Gallery (Danville)
California Automobile Museum (Sacramento)
California Route 66 Museum (Victorville)
Deer Park Winery & Auto Museum (Escondido)
Estrella Warbird Museum (Paso Robles)
J. A. Cooley Museum (San Diego)
Lions Automobilia Foundation & Museum (Rancho Dominguez)
Lomita Railroad Museum (Lomita)
Los Angeles County Fire Museum (Bellflower)
Lyon Air Museum (Santa Ana)
Marconi Automotive Museum (Tustin)
Motor Transport Museum (Campo)
Motte Historical Car Museum (Menifee)
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum (Nevada City)
NHRA Motorsports Museum (Pomona)
Petersen Automotive Museum (Los Angeles)
San Diego Automotive Museum (San Diego)
The Cobra Experience (Martinez)
The Murphy Auto Museum (Oxnard)
The Nethercutt Collection (Sylmar)
The Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum (El Segundo)
Woodland Auto Display (Paso Robles)
Colorado:
Cussler Museum (Arvada)
Penrose Heritage Museum (Colorado Springs)
Shelby American Collection (Boulder)
Connecticut:
New England Auto Museum (Burlington)
District of Columbia:
Smithsonian Automobile Collection Washington, D.C.
Florida:
American Muscle Car Museum (Melbourne)
Dauer Museum of Classic Cars (Sunrise)
Revs Institute (Naples)
Georgia:
Georgia Racing Hall of Fame (Dawsonville)
Miles Through Time Automotive Museum (Clarkesville)
Old Car City USA (White)
Savoy Automobile Museum (Cartersville)
Illinois:
Chevrolet Hall of Fame Museum (Decatur)
Klairmont Kollections (Chicago)
National Corvair Museum (Glenarm)
Pontiac Oakland Automobile Museum (Pontiac)
Route 66 Hall of Fame Museum (Pontiac)
The Beller Museum (Romeoville)
Volo Museum (Volo)
Wheels O’Time Museum (Dunlap)
Indiana:
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum (Auburn)
Early Ford V8 Foundation Museum (Auburn)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum (Indianapolis)
La Porte County Historical Society Museum - Kesling Auto Collection (La Porte)
National Automotive and Truck Museum (Auburn)
Studebaker National Museum (South Bend)
The Stutz Car Museum (Indianapolis)
Iowa:
Antique Car Museum of Iowa (Coralville)
Iowa 80 Trucking Museum (Walcott)
Kline Museum (Prescott)
Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation (Sioux City)
Kansas:
Evel Knievel Museum (Topeka)
Kansas City Automotive Museum (Olathe)
Kansas Motorcycle Museum (Marquette)
The Garage Automotive Museum (Salina)
St. Francis Motorcycle Museum (St. Francis)
Kentucky:
Collection 21 (Erlanger)
Swope Auto Museum (Elizabethtown)
Maine:
Cole Land Transportation Museum (Bangor)
Seal Cove Auto Museum (Tremont)
Maryland:
Classic Motor Museum (St. Michaels)
Massachusetts:
Larz Anderson Auto Museum (Brookline)
Michigan:
Cadillac LaSalle Museum (Hickory Corners)
Classic Car Club of America Museum (Hickory Corners)
Franklin Automobile Collection (Hickory Corners)
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant (Detroit)
Gilmore Car Museum (Hickory Corners)
Lincoln Motor Car Heritage Museum (Hickory Corners)
Michigan Firehouse Museum (Ypsilanti)
Museum of Off Road Adventure - The MORA (Township)
Museum of the Horseless Carriage (Hickory Corners)
Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site (Shelby Township)
Pontiac Transportation Museum (Pontiac)
Roush Automotive Collection (Livonia)
Sloan Museum of Discovery (Flint)
Stahls Automotive Foundation (Chesterfield)
The Automotive Hall of Fame (Dearborn)
The Carroll Collection (Jackson)
The Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn)
Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum (Ypsilanti)
Minnesota:
Remlinger Collector Car Museum (Winona)
Spomer Classics (Worthington)
The Nuss Collection (Rochester)
Veit Automotive Foundation & Museum (Buffalo)
Mississippi:
DreamRiderz Classic Cars & Collectibles (Corinth)
Missouri:
Autoworld Museum (Fulton)
Branson Auto and Farm Museum (Branson)
Celebrity Car Museum (Branson)
Route 66 Car Museum (Springfield)
St. Louis Car Museum (St. Louis)
The National Museum of Transportation (St. Louis)
Nebraska:
Classic Car Collection (Kearney)
Corvair Museum of America (Hastings)
Harold Warp Pioneer Village (Minden)
Larsen Tractor Museum (Lincoln)
Museum of American Speed (Lincoln)
New Hampshire:
New England Racing Museum (Loudon)
New Jersey:
Matchbox Road Museum (Newfield)
Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey (Point Pleasant)
New York:
Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum (Buffalo)
Lamborghini Lounge (New York)
New York Transit Museum (Brooklyn)
Northeast Classic Car Museum (Norwich)
Saratoga Automobile Museum (Saratoga Springs)
North Dakota:
VanHorn’s Western & Antique Auto Museum (Marmarth)
Ohio:
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame (Pickerington)
America's Packard Museum (Dayton)
Canton Classic Car Museum (Canton)
Crawford Auto Aviation Museum (Cleveland)
Halderman Museum Barn (Tipp City)
IH Scout, Truck, Tractor Museum (Enon)
National Packard Museum (Warren)
Salty Dog Museum (Shandon)
Snooks Dream Cars (Bowling Green)
The British Transportation Museum (Dayton)
Oklahoma:
Hajek Motorsports Museum (Ames)
Pennsylvania:
America's Transportation Experience / AACA Museum, Inc. (Hershey)
Barry's Car Barn (Intercourse)
Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum (Philadelphia)
Swigart Museum (Huntingdon)
Rhode Island:
Audrain Automobile Museum (Newport)
Newport Car Museum (Portsmouth)
South Dakota:
Motion Unlimited Museum and Classic Car Lot (Rapid City)
Pioneer Auto Museum (Murdo)
Saab Heritage Car Museum USA (Sturgis)
Texas:
Blue Oval Car Barn (Mineral Wells)
Clifton Classic Chassis & The Golden Age Gallery of Art and Artifacts (Clifton)
Hill Country Motorhead Motorcycle Museum (Burnet)
Vermont:
The Z Motorsports Collection At Apple Island Resort (South Hero)
Virginia:
Car and Carriage Caravan Museum (Luray)
Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc. (Roanoke)
Washington:
Lemay America’s Car Museum (Tacoma)
Wisconsin:
Elmers Auto and Toy Museum (Fountain City)
FWD Seagrave Museum (Clintonville)
Harley-Davidson Museum (Milwaukee)
Midwest MicroCar Museum (Mazomanie)
The Automobile Gallery & Event Center (Green Bay)
The Graham Motor Museum (Lake Hallie)
Venerable Fire Collection (Slinger)
Wisconsin Automotive Museum (Hartford)