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Some of the car museums visited by Bevis on his travels.\u00a0 Dates are year of last visit.<\/p>\n
BELARUS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Dudutki Folk Museum. Dudutki 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n An ethographical museum with a small collection of mainly Soviet vehicles, including some obscure ones.\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.dudutki.by<\/a><\/p>\n BELGIUM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Autoworld, Brussels 2011 <\/strong><\/p>\n Effectively the Belgian national motor museum. In government museum complex on the east side of Brussels. Most of the exhibits came from the Ghislain Mahy collection (see Mahymobiles). About 200 vehicles. Very good selection. www.autoworld.be<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Mahymobiles. Leuze 2007 <\/strong><\/p>\n The main part of the collection of Ghislain Mahy, the owner of a large taxi company after the second world war. New cars were in short supply, and Mr.Mahy bought anything he could get, new or secondhand, and kept them all when they were no longer suitable for his business. Several hundred cars in this museum, and there are said to be many more in store. About 1000 including the ones in Autoworld. www.mahymobiles.be<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Oldtimer Museum \"Bossaert\". Lo Reninge 2011 <\/strong><\/p>\n Excellent privately owned museum attached to a large general store. 95 vehicles, cars, motorcycles and military. Web site in Dutch, but understandable. www.oldtimermuseum.be<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Spa-Francorchamps Racetrack Museum. 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n A small museum attached to the Abbaye de Stavelot, with a collection of competition cars associated with the circuit and a considerable number of classic motorcycles.\u00a0 Also general information about the history of the circuit.\u00a0 www.abbayedestavelot.be<\/a><\/p>\n CHINA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Beijing Auto Museum, \u00a0Beijing \u00a02013<\/strong><\/p>\n A recently opened state-run museum housed in a spectacular building vaguely reminiscent of the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart. \u00a0 A fair number of Chinese and other classic cars, but largely devoted to educational displays and very popular with families. \u00a0 Website hard to find and only in Chinese. \u00a0Just put Beijing Auto Museum into Google.<\/p>\n Beijing Classic Car Museum, Huairou, Beijing District. \u00a02013<\/strong><\/p>\n A really good museum of Chinese vehicles started many years ago by Mr. Luo Wen You, a former taxi driver. \u00a0Lots of weird and interesting things, but all descriptions are in Chinese only. \u00a0Mr. Luo Wen You will be pleased to see you but doesn't speak any English.\u00a0http:\/\/www.laoyeche.org<\/a>\u00a0(Chinese).<\/p>\n CUBA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Museo del Autovil, Havana.\u00a0 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n The streets of \u00a0Havana are full of classic vehicles, almost all post 1945, but this small museum has a number of older American cars and a 'barn-find' 1920s Rolls-Royce open tourer.\u00a0 Also some fairly obscure cars and motorcycles of the 1960s and 70s, including MG and Maserati replicas.<\/p>\n CYPRUS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Cyprus Classic Motorcycle Museum, Nicosia\u00a0 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n This museum is owned by Andreas Nicolaou, a proper biker, who has a large collection of classic vehicles.\u00a0 About 100 motorcycles are in the museum, many of them British.\u00a0 A really good place for oily rag enthusiasts.\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/agrino.org\/motormuseum<\/a><\/p>\n Cyprus Historic and Classic Motor Museum, Limassol\u00a0 \u00a02019<\/strong><\/p>\n Founded by Dimi Mavropoulos, a local rally-driving legend, this museum has over 150 exhibits, including a few commercial vehicles and automobilia, all well displayed.\u00a0 Highly recommended. www.cyprusmotormuseum.com.cy<\/a><\/p>\n Near East University Classic Car Museum, North Nicosia\u00a0 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n A very smart museum on the NEU campus about 5 km north of Nicosia, the collection is divided into two sections:\u00a0 modern sports cars, including supercars, and traditional classic cars plus some motorcycles.\u00a0 Many of these vehicles\u00a0 are British. A good collection, clean and well-displayed but the entry fee is a bit over the top at 20 euros.\u00a0 www.cypruscarmuseum.com<\/a><\/p>\n CZECH REPUBLIC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Skoda Auto Museum 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n An excellent museum attached to the Skoda factory at Mlada Boleslav about 35 miles from Prague.\u00a0 Skoda is one of the oldest car manufacturers in the world, and the museum covers the whole of the 20th century including\u00a0 the Soviet\u00a0period.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/new.skoda-auto.com<\/a><\/p>\n ESTONIA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A<\/strong>utomuseum Halingal .\u00a0 \u00a0E67 Loomse 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n A recently built museum with a good display of about 50 mainly iron-curtain cars, some unusual.\u00a0 The whole place is immaculate, including most of the cars.\u00a0 \u00a0Car descriptions in English.\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/www.automuuseum.ee<\/a><\/p>\n Jarva-Janni Classic Car Park.\u00a0 Jarva-Jaani\u00a0 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n A wonderful open-air collection of East European vehicles, originally fire-engines but now including cars, lorries,\u00a0 buses, motorcycles, and many other strange machines. There is no cash desk, you put the entry charge in a box under the bonnet of an ancient Zaporozhets. An indoor museum is now being built with EU support, but hopefully most of the outdoor exhibits will remain.\u00a0 Unmissable.\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/www.varjupaik.jjts.ee<\/a><\/p>\n FRANCE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Cit\u00e9 de l'Automobile - Mus\u00e9e National - Collection Schlumpf Mulhouse 2008 <\/strong><\/p>\n Originally a collection of over 120 Bugattis built up in secret by the Schumpf brothers who owned a textile business, many more cars were added and it is now the French national motor museum. A vast collection, beautifully displayed, and without a doubt one of the best motor museums in the world. www.collection-schlumpf.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Mus\u00e9e Automobile Reims Champagne. Reims 1994<\/strong><\/p>\n An excellent collection with many important one-off designs, mainly French. Cars, lorries and motorcycles. www.musee-automobile-reims-champagne.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Conservatoire National des Arts et M\u00e9tiers. Paris 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n The French equivalent of our Science Museum. A few vehicles, but by far the most interesting is Cugnot's Steam Wagon of 1769, claimed to be the world's first motor vehicle. www.arts-et-metiers.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There are very many more unvisited museums in France.<\/p>\n FINLAND<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Espoo Car Museum, Espoo near Helsinki 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n An exceptionally good museum, run by enthusiasts for enthusiasts.\u00a0 A vast collection of cars and motorcycles, including microcars, mopeds and scooters from both sides of the iron curtain. Highly recommended. Descriptions mostly in Finnish, but website in English. www.espoonautomuseo.com<\/a><\/p>\n Helsinki Car Museum. Helsinki 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n A small museum, about 20 vehicles, but a collection of 5000 models of Mercedes Benz\u00a0vehicles of all sorts. www.automuseo.fi<\/a><\/span><\/span> (in Finnish)\u00a0 This museum may now have closed.<\/p>\n Lahti Motorcycle Museum.\u00a0 Lahti\u00a0 \u00a02019<\/strong><\/p>\n An excellent museum, owned by a Finnish man who has close connections to Britain and the Ace Cafe in London. Many interesting bikes in a widely varying state of preservation and a London bus for bringing people from Lahti in the summer. Definitely worth a visit.\u00a0 www.moottoripyoramuseo.fi<\/a><\/p>\n Mobilia Museum. Kangasala\u00a0 \u00a02019<\/strong><\/p>\n An extremely smart museum in which you could eat off the floor.\u00a0 A moderate number of exhibits but well-displayed with a large rally car section. Family orientated and educational.\u00a0 Also has time-limited themed displays and trade shows.\u00a0 www.mobilia.fi<\/a><\/p>\n Uudenkaupungin Car Museum.\u00a0 Uusikaupunki\u00a0 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Adjacent to the Valmet car development and assembly plant, this museum is divided into 3 sections: a good general display of cars and motorcycles, a SAAB hall, and other vehicles made by Valmet.\u00a0 The SAAB hall has about 40 cars, ranging from the 92 to the final GM based models. Obscurely situated but worth visiting.\u00a0 \u00a0 www.visituusikaupunki.fi\/fi\/automuseo<\/a><\/p>\n Vehoniemen Car Museum.\u00a0 Kangasala\u00a0 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n A good selection of cars and motorcycles with a shop selling models and a cafe. Rather strangely they have an immaculate engine from a British Trojan car.\u00a0 www.automuseo.com<\/a><\/p>\n GERMAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Audi Museummobile. Ingolstadt 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n A large museum, attached to the Audi factory. Covers all makes historically associated with Audi, e.g. Auto Union, DKW, Wanderer, Horch, NSU. Cars and motorcycles. Very well displayed.\u00a0\u00a0 www.audi.de\/foren<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim. Sinsheim 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n Considered by many people to be the best technical museum in the world, there are 300 cars, 200 motorcycles, and many aircraft including Concord and Tupolev 144. Also military and marine exhibits. Fantastic.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.technik-museum.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Automobile-Museum Dortmund. Dortmund 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n About 80 vehicles, cars and motorcycles, with a slight emphasis on Jaguars. Well displayed www.oldiemuseum.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Automuseum Melle. Melle 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n A large and varied collection, cars and motorcycles, well displayed. www.automuseummelle.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Automuseum Rosso Bianco. Aschaffenburg. 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n A wonderful collection of 200 sports cars, many of exceptional interest.\u00a0 Sadly now closed.\u00a0 Some cars were sold privately, but others went to the Louwman Collection in Holland see below)<\/p>\n Autovision. Mannheim 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n A private museum with the theme of alternative power, particularly electricity and Wankel engines. Very high technical interest. Collection of cars, motorcycles, engines, and NSU section. www.autovision-tradition.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n BMW Museum am Olympiaturm. Munich 2007 <\/strong><\/p>\n This was a temporary display in an inflatable building, with selected cars and motorcycles from the original museum, which was being rebuilt. Now closed.<\/p>\n BMW Museum. Munich 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n A new museum, adjoining the BMW factory. Car and motorcycles and some aviation. In some respects disappointing, with a complicated layout and little natural lighting. www.bmw-museum.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Classic Remise.\u00a0 Dusseldorf\u00a0 2012, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n Strictly speaking this is not a museum, but a classic car centre incorporating a small museum section.\u00a0 Formerly known as Meilenwerk it comprises storage facilities for classic vehicles with shops selling vehicles, clothing and accessories, a large car sales area and cafe all under one roof in a former locomotive building.\u00a0 Altogether there are about 200 vehicles, including many exotic ones, and entry is free during normal working hours.\u00a0\u00a0 An unmissable experience for classic vehicle enthusiasts.\u00a0 www.remise.de<\/a><\/p>\n Classic Remise.\u00a0 Berlin 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a sister classic car centre to the Dusseldorf one above, but may be slightly smaller,\u00a0with more workshops and fewer sales outlets. Still a very good selection of cars and well worth visiting.\u00a0 www.remise.de<\/a><\/p>\n Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum. Munich 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n This is the transport section of the Deutsches Museum, a technical museum similar to our Science Museum. Cars, motorcycles, lorries, trains, bicycles. Has the only original 1885 Benz Patent Motorwagen in existence (though it may have been built later than 1885). Also an Auto-Union Silver Arrow. Superb collection. www.deutsches-museum.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Deutsches Technikmuseum Mensch in Fahrt.\u00a0 Berlin 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n A permanent display of vehicles,\u00a0including about 30\u00a0cars, associated with the adjacent German Technical Museum.\u00a0 Relatively small, but\u00a0quite good.\u00a0\u00a0 www.sdtb.de<\/a><\/p>\n Deutsches Zweirad-Museum and NSU Museum. Neckarsulm 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n The German national motorcycle museum. On several floors in a quaint old building in the centre of Neckarsulm, the home town of NSU. Separate section devoted to NSU products. Excellent. www.zweirad-museum.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Eisenach Automobile Welt. Eisenach 1994<\/strong><\/p>\n This is the museum of the former Wartburg factory, which was owned by BMW before the war and has many exhibits dating from that period. At the time of visit it was in a separate building, but has since been moved to the site of the former factory. Worth visiting. www.ame.eisenachonline.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Berliner DDR Motorrad-Museum.\u00a0 Berlin 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n A marvellous collection of over 140 motorcycles made in\u00a0East Germany (DDR) during the Communist post-war period.\u00a0 Mostly well-restored and well-displayed.\u00a0 \u00a0Mainly MZ and Simson, but a number of other little-known makes.\u00a0 www.erstesberliner-ddr-motorradmuseum.de<\/a><\/p>\n Hockenheimring Motor Sport Museum. Hockenheim 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n Some\u00a0racing and motor sport orientated cars on the ground floor, but this museum is now mainly dedicated to motorcycles. \u00a0In the gallery are many British classic machines, loaned or donated to the museum by a German collector.\u00a0 \u00a0Website is confusing and museum information is only in German. www.hockenheimring.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Mercedes-Benz Museum. Stuttgart 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n A huge display of Mercedes vehicles in an ultra-modern building, opened in 2008. Very popular, and can have long waiting times at peak periods, such as Saturday morning. Adjoining factory complex, with showroom, restaurant etc. www.mercedes-benz.com\/museum<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Motorradmuseum Ibbenbeuren. Ibbenbeuren 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n An excellent private motorcycle museum. www.ibbenbeuren.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Porsche Museum. Stuttgart 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n An excellent museum in an impressive new building adjacent to the Porsche factory, opened in 2009.\u00a0\u00a0A large number of cars very well displayed.\u00a0\u00a0 www.porsche.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Rosengart-Museum, Beburg-Rath,\u00a0nr. Cologne.\u00a0\u00a0 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n A small but excellent museum dedicated to the life and work of Lucien Rosengart,\u00a0a Frenchman who made Rosengart cars from the 1920s until 1953.\u00a0 About 30 cars are displayed, including many licence-built versions of\u00a0the Austin 7 and some larger front wheel drive models based to some extent on Audi and Citroen engineering.\u00a0\u00a0 The museum is a popular meeting place for classic car enthusiasts and has an large outdoor restaurant.\u00a0 www.rosengart-museum.de<\/a><\/p>\n Technik Museum Speyer. Speyer 1996<\/strong><\/p>\n Difficult though it is to believe, but this museum is an extension of the one at Sinsheim. 50 cars, plus aircraft and marine items, including a U-boat and a Russian space shuttle. \u00a0www.technik-museum.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Unimog Museum. Rastatt. 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n Although Unimog is a Mercedes product, it has this small independently-run museum of its own with an adjacent test track, on which you can be taken for a demonstration run over obstacles. www.unimog-museum.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There are very many more car museums in Germany. See www.deutsche-museumsstrasse.de<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n HOLLAND<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n