Auto museums vary in size. Larger museums draw you into their facility to view the collection they have on premise. The smaller museums change their selection of cars often and run many outdoor events throughout the warmer spring ,summer, and fall months of northern States. Car shows go year round in southern States. The outdoor award shows and larger auctions for example allow event planners to schedule a much wider range of cars, and typically a greater number of vehicles for you and your family to see. MU&I are fans of both types of museums. Below are two great examples.
Audrain's Car Museum is a smaller Museum located in the downtown area of Newport, RI. Their museum features a unique two to three handfuls of cars indoors. Audrain's outdoor events are spectacular events held at one of the Newport Beachfronts or more often then not, a Newport Mansion. Their exhibits change three to four times a year. The most recent being June' 11th, 2023 "More Than Just American Muscle" is showing now.
The Newport Car Museum on the other hand is a much larger collection of cars. Only few pictures are shown here. You'll have to see the vast variety of cars NCM has in their beautiful Portsmouth, RI facility. Displayed are some of the rarest cars on the planet. Classics, Luxury, Racing, and Touring Cars Galore.
Audrain's Auto Museum welcome visitors to see our new exhibit, More Than Just American Muscle!
We are open 10AM to 4PM everyday - check it out! .
1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
Rear View of Silver Ghost Boat Tail
1951 Fiat 500C Giardiniera
A Manufacturing Video Running
1948 T & C Barrel Back Convertible
Your choice of Cars and Tracks
The idea for the Larz Anderson Auto Museum grew out of a Sunday tradition started by wealthy socialites Larz and Isabel Anderson at their Brookline, Massachusetts home. The Andersons would open the doors to The Carriage House on Sunday afternoons and share their mounting collection of marvelous American and European vehicles with the public.
The Larz Anderson Auto Museum offers fun and educational tours and programming for groups of all ages and is a great visit for corporate groups, senior groups, and large and small bus tours. Group tours of the Museum are available by reservation year-round, Tuesday through Friday, and can be scheduled between 10 am and 3 pm.
View the Museum’s collection through the lens of wealth, power and privilege. Learn about why cars have always been a symbol of power, and wealth and privilege.
You'll find our current admission fees, gift certificates, lawn events dates and information, a breakdown of parking rules, trailering guidelines, group and school tour info. and more. We also are offering Virtual Tours via Zoom for fans as well.
Tour the Museum featuring STREET | RALLY | RACE highlights the spirit of competition, fueled by the will and passion to endure and drive to win..
The Anderson Collection is also known as "America's Oldest Car Collection." The Anderson Collection is on display permanently in the lower level.
Normally, we host lawn events almost every Saturday and Sunday open to visitors from May-October. Come see our facility and enjoy our lawn events.
The private collection of 90+ automobiles at the Newport Car Museum focuses on eight decades of modern industrial automotive design.
1964 Ferrari 250 GTO (RB)
1993 Jaguar XJ 220
1997 Lamborghini Diablo
1956Jaguar XK140 Roadster
2019 McLaren Senna
2017 Lamborghini Aventador SV
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