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Visit to the Danish Museum of Science and TechnologyWith Free entry for under 18 years, the Danish Museum of Science and Technology (Danmarks tekniska museum) is not to be missed on a family adventure to Denmark. Quote from the Muse
Visit to Gippsland Vehicle Collection, or Maffra Shed, in AustraliaHere are some of the images Kristian took when he visited Australia in November 2019. You can see our current listing of the museum here: Gippsland Vehicle Collection, Maffra, Vict
YouTube channel updateshttps://youtu.be/55NQJimhhoA One of our visits to a beautiful Automotive Museum made in to a video. See inside the Ferdinand Porsche Erlebniswelt fahr(T)raum Museum. See here for a
Journey to: Rolls-Royce Automobilmuseum Franz Ferdinand Vonier, Dornbirn, AustriaThe largest? Rolls-Royce museum in the world. It has cars, memorabilia, statues, a workshop, Tea-room, and much more.
Journey to: Dornier Aviation and Space Museum, Friedrichshafen, GermanyDornier Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany. Unique planes such as the Dornier Do 31 E1 VTOL.
Journey to: Rolls-Royce museum "the World's finest", Dornbirn, AustriaNice but very compact museum with a workshop on the next floor. Old coachbuilt Rolls-Royce cars.News
Journey to: Zeppelin Museum , Friedrichshafen, GermanyVisitied this museum in June 2018. It is close to Dornier Museum so can easily be covered in a single day.
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Top Places For Rolls Royce Fans To Visit At Least Once In A LifetimeRolls Royce is undoubtedly an elegant symbol of class. The name of this car itself exudes sheer grace and the body dynamics are par excellence in all terms. This is what makes this
Here Is How You Can Spend Productive Time In Europe’s Best Formula 1 MuseumsEurope’s Best Formula 1 Museums. If you are someone really into Formula 1 cars, then this article is for you.
Guest article of 19 of the Worlds Best World War II Museums and Historical SitesCheck out this article with some of the worlds best World War II Museums in the world written by our friends over at Tripplo.
Top 5 Transport Museums North AmericaNot just Automotive, Aviation, and Motorcycle Museums anymore.Check out this list of 5 of my favorite Transport Museums so far.
CarAirBikeMuseums is now TransportMuseums!Yes we have changed domain. We are slowly adding pure Maritime and Railroad Museums to our Directory.
Kelley Blue Book - The Les Kelley StoryThe Kelley Blue Book has been a trusted source for vehicle pricing since 1926. Below is the story of how Les Kelley founded the Kelley Blue Book.
Must see Car Museum Architecture around the WorldRare and beautiful cars from Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes need beautiful places to be displayed. The Architecture of the buildings below is incredible.
Spied BMW, possible X3, NE Nuremberg, GermanyFound this car, BMW X3?, at an Autobahn parking.
Military Aviation Museum Air Show: May 18 thru 20thThe Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia is gearing up for their annual Warbirds Over the Beach air show from May 18th – 20th. Set in on a grass airfield reminiscent of a vi
Youngsters go free at Wythall Transport Museum this bank holiday weekendYOUNGSTERS go free at Wythall Transport Museum this bank holiday weekend. Children can take part in the Easter bunny hunt, ride the miniature train or play in the Kids’ Kabin activ
Easter fun at Amberley MuseumAmberley Museum is open every day during the school Easter holidays from Good Friday March 30 through to Sunday April 15. With over 150 vehicles visiting the museum and exhibiting 
Lane Motor Museum: Inside a car lover's paradiseLane Motor Museum is a car lover's paradise with some of the world’s most interesting vehicle creations and rare European collections, but without a good story, Lane says the cars 
Museum features radically designed, newly restored XH-51AIn 1962, the Lockheed Aircraft Company came out with the XH-51A, which was the second in a series of rotor-wing aircraft and was an evolution of the CL-475 aircraft, which utilized
Yorkshire Air Museum flypast marks RAF centenaryA Tucano flew over The Yorkshire Air Museum, on the site of former RAF Elvington, as part of the celebrations. Historic aircraft including a World War I biplane and a Hawker Hunter
Maryborough's group secures rare plane for aviation museumMaryborough's Military Aviation Museum has taken its first step towards establishing its collection of historical displays with one of the rarest former aircrafts to be displayed a
Rare Wright Brothers Propeller Headed From Dayton to Colorado MuseumA rare wooden propeller signed by Orville Wright and valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars is headed from Dayton to the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space museum in Denver.
Check out the New '70 Years of the Porsche Sports Car' Exhibit in BerlinPorsche announced the addition of the "70 Years of Porsche Sports Cars" display to celebrate the enthusiast brand's 70th birthday.
Tulsa Air and Space Museum keeps the learning going over spring break with kids campSchool classes may not encourage chaos, excitement and hands-on experience, but the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium loves it. Spring Break Kids camp.
Aviation events added to spring breakTulsa Air and Space Museum representatives will be at the Claremore Museum on Wednesday and American Turf Flyers will have scale models, jets and 3D aerobatic airplanes.
Paul Sullivan: On the road again, exploring Alabama museumsI visited the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum as well as the Southern Museum of Flight. Both are near Birmingham and must-see exhibits for any motorhead.
Classic car from 1950s – still roadworthy – to go on display in DundeeThe pale blue 1959 Standard Ten was set to be crushed. Instead, Dundee Museum of Transport has the honour of hosting the first public exhibition.
Big Plans Underway For The B-17 Memphis Belle™ Exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air ForceTwo B-17G Flying Fortresses are scheduled to take part in the opening events for the B-17 Memphis Belle™ exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Colorado Springs WWII museum gets national recognitionThe National Museum of World War II Aviation is being recognized in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. The World War II museum opened in 2012 and covers 21 acres.
The Texas Air Museum: A South Side jewelThe skies have been dominated by man. However, it was not long ago that the idea of flying machines was laughed upon and thought too ridiculous to accomplish.
Cold War relic newest addition to Grissom Air MuseumPERU, Indiana. — A Cold War relic used by the U.S. Air Force is being showcased at the Grissom Air Museum in its newest exhibit.
Collectors in Flight: Jack Erickson Shares His Still-Flying Warbird CollectionJack Erickson is the man behind the fabulous Erickson Aircraft Collection. Located in Madras, Oregon, the collection is focused on World War II–era warbirds.
How Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull's 2018 Formula 1 cars compareAs Formula 1 teams prepare for the start of pre-season testing at Barcelona, we take a look at the key features on the leading cars from Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.
Connected Cars Will Run on Your Personal DataFully autonomous cars won’t be deployed en masse for a while, maybe even decades. In the meantime, cars are smarter and more connected than ever before.
Driving in the UK: Your questions answeredWhy does the UK drive on the left? "Times gone by when if you met a stranger on the road you'd pass on the left so your weapon arm was on their side."
Ewy Rosqvist's, Rally Volvo PV 544 Sport on auction at Artcurial in Paris today!Images in the article are of same model, and not of the car being auctioned today. Article originally in Swedish, and translated using Google Translate. We will link to the origina
Final Corvette Restored After Museum Sinkhole DisasterFour years ago, legions of Corvette fans wept when a massive sinkhole swallowed eight historic one-off Corvettes at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky
An unusual group of military aircraft is going to fly over the Super Bowl this yearThe Super Bowl HeritageFlight will consist of one F-16 Fighting Falcon, two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, and one P-51 Mustang flying in formation over U.S. Bank Stadium.
New Museums Celebrate AviationThe Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, in Denver, plans to open a new campus this summer at Centennial Airport, called Exploration of Flight.
14-18 NOW and Imperial War Museums Present The World Premiere of Peter Jackson’s First World War FilmThe new work has been created exclusively with original, archive footage from the Imperial War Museums’ film archive and audio from the BBC archives.
Take off to Tillamook“The face of museums is changing,” Air Museum Curator Christian Gurling said. “It used to be ‘come in, stand here, look at this, don’t touch.’ It's all changed!
Santa Ynez man’s car in exhibit at Petersen Automotive MuseumIn 1957, now-retired Santa Ynez lawyer Joe Lisoni was 11 years old, was known as Joey Lisoni and was about to start racing a car hand built by his father.
Gilmore Car Museum 2018 Speaker Series starts SundayDid you know that Henry Ford had experimented with what many consider an "oddball" X8 engine layout to replace the simple 4-cylinder Model T?
Behind the Wheel with The Drive Home IIIIt may be January and cold and snowy in many parts of the U.S. but it’s also as good a time as any for a long drive in some vintage cars.
Carly Starr of the California Automotive MuseumStarr is the curator of the 30-year-old, 72,000 square-foot California Automobile Museum. History and restoration of cars and trucks, and automotive racing.
Colorado home to impressive aircraft at National World War II Aviation MuseumTwenty-five World War II aircraft sit in stoic silence, broken by the odd school field trip. Every plane is fully restored, and can still fly a mission.
Historic rally cars featured at British museumsHistoric rally cars will be featured Saturday when the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, hosts Historic Rally Car Register Open Day.
Heritage Trust program rolled out to support small-town museumsThe program will provide $5 million over three years to create endowment funds within local community foundations for museums and archives across Manitoba.
Toyota to introduce 10 electric cars by mid-2020sToyota today outlined its electric-vehicle plans for between 2020 and 2030. In short, the future will rely heavily on electrification. Toyota's future.
Swedish Families Help With Volvo Self-Driving Car DevelopmentVolvo is calling on families in its hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, to help develop self-driving cars. As part of the automaker's "Drive Me" program.
Toyota and Panasonic look into automotive battery businessToyota and Panasonic have agreed to study the feasibility of setting up a prismatic battery business to explore its suitability as a mass-market alternative.
Safest Cars For 2018 Announced - Hyundai And Subaru Lead The PackSixty-two, 2018 models earned top ratings in the annual evaluations to help consumers easily identify the safest vehicles. Hyundai And Subaru Lead The Pack.
It’s the best and no one’s heard of it - Car of the Year Skoda KodiaqA surprising Skoda has taken the big motoring prize for 2017. The Kodiaq, a family-focused SUV with a name inspired by an Alaskan bear.
A Child’s-Eye View of the LeMay Automotive MuseumLeMay America’s Car Museum collection is just a stone’s throw from the Tacoma Dome, it’s a must-visit location for any automotive enthusiast.
Help the Estrella Warbirds Museum Preserve a NASA F-104G StarfighterThe Starfighter was one of several German two-seaters in US markings which were based at Luke AFB in Phoenix, Arizona to train Luftwaffe pilots on the type
Ticket book opens doors to museums in ChinaSightseers in Beijing can now buy a book of tickets covering 113 museums in the capital. The list of museums includes National Zoological Museum and the China Aviation Museum.
Man from Willington, near Bedford, starts dream pilot training scholarship valued at £35,000“At 13 years old I signed up to do every newspaper round, so that I could afford to pay for one short flying lesson a month.
2 aviation museums to open in Aichi, JapanA museum themed on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), Japan’s first domestically produced passenger jet, will start operations at the aircraft’s final assembly plant.
We've added 100 Automotive, Aviation, and Bike Museums!We've added 100 Museums! Thank you for everyone who has visited so far, we are well underway now to making this project really come to life.
The Gyro-X's Pebble Beach TriumphAs the two-wheel, gyrostabilized vehicle stood stock still, Lane Motor Museum restoration technician Michael Hüby accepted the award.
Museum in Athens travels visitors through timeIts collection of 110 car models covers a history that begins at the late 1800s until the end of the 20th century.
Uber's plan to launch flying cars in LA by 2020 really could take offYes, Uber wants to offer flying cars. It went public with this hope a bit more than a year ago, and since then the idea has only gotten more serious.
The Electric Car Produced in Greece in the 70sAn electric car that was built on the Greek island of Syros in the 70s, was one of the world’s first mass produced electric cars.
Visit the Mazda Museum in HiroshimaIf you're a car enthusiast planning a trip to Japan anytime soon, take time to visit the southeastern coast of Honshu island, specifically Hiroshima.
Kathmandu gets first aviation museumThe construction of the new aviation museum at Sinamangal, Kathmandu, has completed and is ready to welcome visitors.
Tesla posts record $671 million loss in Q3Tesla posts record $671 million loss in Q3, compared to a $22 million net profit recorded in the same period last year.
What happened to the Concordski?Article about the Concordski Tupolev Tu-144 at cnn.com.
A Car Enthusiasts Heaven in Gosford NSWA Car Enthusiasts Heaven. The Gosford Classic Car Museum is 11,000 square meters
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to Undergo 7-Year RenovationThe Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is set to begin seven years of renovations starting summer 2018.
‘Extinct Car Day’ celebrates vehicles from defunct manufacturersThis past weekend, the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline celebrated Extinct Car Day!
The Smithsonian to undertake Massive Air and Space Museum renovationsThe Smithsonian will begin an almost $1 billion renovation of the National Air and Space Museum next summer.
Aerospace Bristol: City's great history of flyingAerospace Bristol: City's great history of flying
Aviation Heritage Park Bowling green, Kentucky planning museum buildingAviation Heritage Park Bowling green, Kentucky planning museum building. The Aviation Heritage Park is getting ready to embark on a $2 million capital campaign to build an 11,000-s
Nepali pilot makes crashed plane into Aviation MuseumNepali pilot makes crashed plane into Aviation Museum
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