Museums in United States

The Texas Transportation Museum is an all volunteer organization that collects, preserves, operates and displays historically significant transportation equipment and related items. We operate a working passenger railroad, several model train layouts and many road vehicles.

There are over 100 cars on display "to inspire nostalgia and tales about how cars used to be".

In May, 2024 the Classic Car COllection, Kearney was rebarnded as The American Automobile Experience.

Buffalo-made cars and cycles are considered among the finest ever crafted. The Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum celebrates the region’s transportation history with displays of antique vehicles, bicycles, motorcycles, the Women’s Transportation Hall of Fame, toys, signs, and historic automobilia unlike any other in the world. The collection focuses significantly on the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company and the E.R. Thomas Motor Company—considered by car collecting experts to be among the top 10 best vehicles ever produced.

William Deary's private collection, devoted to Carroll Shelby and his cars

It is the promotion, conservation, education and preservation of the cars produced by Shelby American that is the linchpin of the Cobra Experience. In the early ‘70s, Drew Serb, founder and curator, was captivated by the Cobra and started his journey of restoration and dedication to this special car. Through the years he gained experience in Cobra repairs and amassed an enviable spare parts, artifacts, and memorabilia inventory. He wanted to share these increasingly rare cars with the public and was able to transform his passion for the cars into the Cobra Experience.

Sheldon Donig's eclectic collection of cars and memorabilia

The Dougherty Museum is the culmination of a lifelong personal hobby of Ray G. Dougherty, a longtime Boulder County farmer. The Dougherty family opened the museum’s doors in 1977, and they have continued to run the museum since Mr. Dougherty’s death in 1988. Among the collection is a 1902 Mobile Steamer owned by Boulder pioneer Andrew J. Macky – one of the first cars in Boulder County, if not the first.

The Fire Museum of Greater Chicago was estiblished to help preserve the history and tradition of the Fire Department in Chicago. There is an open hour day each month. 

"The mission of the Fire Museum of Maryland is to "collect, preserve, display and interpret historically significant apparatus and related artifacts, memorabilia and records of the fire service of the United States, and to educate the public about the history, people, equipment and techniques of the fire service, and about fire prevention and safety. The Fire Museum of Maryland opened in 1971 and displays apparatus from 1806 to 1957.

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. The museum is a partner of Gilmore Car Museum and is situated on its campus.