Lane Motor Museum
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 The Lane Motor Museum | |
  Location within Tennessee  Lane Motor Museum (the United States) | |
| Established | October 2002 |
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| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36°8′24.95″N 86°44′3.17″W / 36.1402639°N 86.7342139°W |
| Type | Automobile museum |
| Collection size | 500+ automobiles 60+ motorcycles Related art and memorabilia |
| Visitors | 60,000 (2024) |
| Director | Jeff Lane |
| Curator | Derek E. Moore |
| Public transit access | WeGo Public Transit Route 15 |
| Website | www.lanemotormuseum.org |
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Lane Motor Museum is an automobile museum in Nashville, Tennessee holding a collection of over 500 mostly European automobiles, with 150 vehicles displayed on any given day.[1]
Museum
[edit]The museum was established as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in October 2002 by Jeff Lane,[2] beginning with his personal collection of 70–80 vehicles in Nashville's former American Bread Company bakery (1951-1994).[1][3] The collection also includes automobile art and memorabilia. The museum features European, American, and Asian cars of unusual design, propeller-driven vehicles, microcars, three-wheeled cars, amphibious vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, military vehicles, competition cars, one-off vehicles, prototypes — and 23 Tatras.[4]
In 2010 the museum began to host an annual fundraiser where donors were able to drive a museum car on a nearby rural route, which continued at least through present day.[5][6]
When not on display, the rest of the collection is stored in the basement of the building. Tours of the basement storage area (otherwise known as the "Vault") are offered on weekends.
The museum will expand its exhibit space into the current parking garage by the end of 2025.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Crazy Cool Classic" (PDF). The Tennessee Magazine. February 2008.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ McEwan, Charles (October 5, 2011). "Hitting the Tennessee Roads in Rolling Museum Pieces". The New York Times.
- ^ McCourt, Mark J. (November 2006). "Jeff and Susan Lane". Hemmings Classic Car. Archived from the original on 2017-08-27.
- ^ Cars At Large Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Road and Track magazine, February 2014 issue, page 22
- ^ Unusual cars meet rural Tennessee Road and Track website