TRANSPORTATION MUSEUMS in USA

There are around 125 classic auto museums located throughout the United States. Many of the museums are relatively obscure, but they are of interest to auto hobbyists and vintage car enthusiasts.

The following are online directories of auto museums:

• www.hubcapcafe.com/resources/classic car museums.htm

• www.naam.museum/museum-list/

The following are among the most prominent auto museums:

Alabama

• International Motorsports Hall of Fame & Museum (Talladega;

www.talladegasuperspeedway.com/Hall-of-Fame-and-Museum/Hall-of-Fame-and-Museum.aspx)

California

• Blackhawk Museum (Blackhawk; www.blackhawkmuseum.org)

• California Auto Museum (Sacramento; www.calautomuseum.org)

• Petersen Automotive Museum (Los Angeles; www.petersen.org)

Florida

• Don Garlits Museum (Ocala; www.garlits.com)

• Ft. Lauderdale Antique Car Museum (Ft. Lauderdale; www.antiquecarmuseum.org)

• Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection (Miami; www.dezercollection.com/museums/)

• Sarasota Classic Car Museum (Sarasota; www.sarasotacarmuseum.org)

Indiana

• Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum (Auburn; www.acdmuseum.org)

• Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum (Indianapolis; www.brickyard.com)

• Studebaker National Museum (South Bend; www.studebakermuseum.org)

Kentucky

• National Corvette Museum (Bowling Green; www.corvettemuseum.com)

Maine

• Owls Head Transportation Museum (Owls Head; www.ohtm.org)

Michigan

• Gilmore Car Museum (Hickory Corners; www.gilmorecarmuseum.org)

• The Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn; www.hfmgv.org)

Montana

• Montana Auto Museum (Deer Lodge; www.pcmaf.org/auto.htm)

Nevada

• National Automobile Museum – Harrah Collection (Reno; www.automuseum.org) New York

• Saratoga Automobile Museum (Saratoga Springs; www.saratogaautomuseum.org) Washington

• LeMay-America’s Car Museum (Tacoma; www.lemaymuseum.org)

115.2 Aviation & Aerospace Museums

There are approximately 300 aviation and space exploration museums in the United States.

The following are online directories of aviation and aerospace museums:

• http://travelforaircraft.wordpress.com/aviation-museums-within-the-usa/

• www.museums.aero

• www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/questions/aviationmuseums.asp

• www.yellowairplane.com/museums.htm

With 8.3 million visitors each year, Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum is the most-visited museum in the world.

The following are other prominent aviation and aerospace museums: Alabama

• U.S. Space & Rocket Center (Huntsville; www.rocketcenter.com)

• Southern Museum of Flight (Birmingham; www.southernmuseumofflight.org)

Alaska

• Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum (Anchorage; www.alaskaairmuseum.org) Arizona

• Pima Air & Space Museum (near Tucson; www.pimaair.org)

California

• Aerospace Museum of California (Sacramento; http://aerospacemuseumofcalifornia.org)

• California Science Center (Los Angeles; www.californiasciencecenter.org)

• Classic Rotors Museum (Ramona; www.rotors.org)

• Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (San Diego; www.flyingleathernecks.org)

• NASA Ames Exploration Center (Mountain View; www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/exploration.html)

• Palm Springs Air Museum (Palm Springs; www.palmspringsairmuseum.org)

• San Diego Air & Space Museum (San Diego; www.sandiegoairandspace.org)

• Western Museum of Flight (Torrance; www.wmof.com)

Colorado

• Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum (Denver; www.wingsmuseum.org) Connecticut

• National Helicopter Museum (Stratford; www.nationalhelicoptermuseum.org)

• New England Air Museum (Windsor Locks; www.neam.org)

Florida

• Air Force Space & Missile Museum (Cape Canaveral; www.afspacemuseum.org)

• Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (Merritt Island; www.kennedyspacecenter.com)

• National Museum of Naval Aviation (Pensacola; www.navalaviationmuseum.org)

• United States Astronaut Hall of Fame (south of Titusville; www.kennedyspacecenter.com/visitKSC/attractions/fame.asp)

Georgia

• Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins; www.museumofaviation.org)

Indiana

• Grissom Air Museum (Peru; www.grissomairmuseum.com)

Kansas

• Kansas Aviation Museum (Wichita; www.kansasaviationmuseum.org)

Nebraska

• Strategic Air & Space Museum (Ashland; www.sasmuseum.com)

New Mexico

• New Mexico Museum of Space History (Alamogordo; www.nmspacemuseum.org)

• White Sands Missile Range Museum (Las Cruces; www.wsmr-history.org)

New York

• Cradle of Aviation Museum (Garden City; www.cradleofaviation.org)

North Carolina

• Carolinas Aviation Museum (Charlotte; www.carolinasaviation.org)

• Wright Brothers National Memorial (Kitty Hawk; www.nps.gov/wrbr)

Ohio

• National Museum of the United States Air Force (Dayton; www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/)

Oklahoma

• Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium (Tulsa; www.tulsaairandspacemuseum.org)

Texas

• Space Center Houston (Houston; www.spacecenter.org)

Virginia

• Military Aviation Museum (Virginia Beach; www.militaryaviationmuseum.org)

• Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (Fairfax County; http://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center/)

• Virginia Air & Space Center (Hampton; www.vasc.org)

Washington

• Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour (Mukilteo; www.futureofflight.org)

• The Museum of Flight (Seattle; www.museumofflight.org)

115.3 Railway Museums

According to the Association of Tourist Railroads and Railway Museums (www.atrrm.org), there are more than 110 railway museums throughout the United States.

Many railway museums host excursions and others serve as an information resource for excursions or other rail travel-related activities.

The following are some prominent railway museums:

California

• California State Railroad Museum (Sacramento; www.csrmf.org)

• Golden Gate Railroad Museum (San Francisco; www.ggrm.org)

• Orange Empire Railway Museum (Perris, www.oerm.org)

• Pacific Southwest Railway Museum (Campo; www.psrm.org)

Florida

• Gold Coast Railroad Museum (Miami; www.gcrm.org)

Georgia

• Southeastern Railway Museum (Duluth; www.srmduluth.org)

Indiana

• French Lick Scenic Railway (French Lick; www.indianarailwaymuseum.org) Kentucky

• Kentucky Railway Museum (New Haven; www.kyrail.org)

Maryland

• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum (Baltimore; www.borail.org)

• Baltimore Streetcar Museum (Baltimore; www.baltimorestreetcar.org)

Missouri

• St. Louis Museum of Transportation (St. Louis; http://transportmuseumassociation.org) Nevada

• Nevada Northern Railway Museum (Ely; www.nnry.com)

• Nevada State Railroad Museum (Carson City; www.nsrm-friends.org)

Pennsylvania

• Railroaders Memorial Museum (Altoona; www.railroadcity.com)

Texas

• Museum Of The American Railroad (Frisco; www.museumoftheamericanrailroad.org) Virginia

• O. Winston Link Museum (Roanoke; www.linkmuseum.org)

Washington

• Northwest Railway Museum (Snoqualmie; www.trainmuseum.org)

Wisconsin

• Mid-Continent Railway Museum (North Freedom; www.midcontinent.org)