Gilmore Car Museum

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Automobile museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan

42°26′26″N 85°25′18″W / 42.4405°N 85.4216°W / 42.4405; -85.4216TypeAutomobile museumCollection size400+ antique cars, motorcycles, & moreVisitors127,000 (annually)DirectorMichael SpeziaWebsitegilmorecarmuseum.org

The Gilmore Car Museum is an automobile museum located in Hickory Corners, Michigan, United States. The museum exhibits over 400 vintage and collector vehicles and motorcycles from all eras in several vintage buildings located on a 90-acre campus.^[1] The museum claims to be the largest automobile museum in North America. It is part of the MotorCities National Heritage Area.^[2]

The museum opened in 1966 exhibiting the car collection of Donald S. Gilmore, a local businessman. Today, its collection consists of over 400 vehicles, including an 1899 Locomobile Steam Car and a 1930 Rolls-Royce prop car used in the 1967 film The Gnome-Mobile. The museum also claims to have the largest display of automotive mascots and name badges in North America. The campus includes a 1941 Blue Moon Diner and a replica 1930s Shell fuel station.^[2] It is North America's largest automobile museum with 190,00 square feet of exhibit space.

Partner museums

Seven smaller, independent museums are located on the Gilmore Car Museum campus:^[3]

Classic Car Club of America Museum
Model A Ford Museum
Lincoln Motor Car Heritage Museum
Cadillac & LaSalle Club Museum & Research Center
Pierce-Arrow Museum
Franklin Automobile Collection
Museum of the Horseless Carriage

The Midwest Miniatures Museum was based on the Gilmore campus until its relocation to Grand Haven in 2020.^[4]

References

^ "Gilmore Car Museum". Retrieved April 22, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "History & Mission". Gilmore Car Museum. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "Partner Museums". Gilmore Car Museum. Gilmore Car Museum. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ "Visit". Midwest Miniatures Museum. December 3, 2019. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)