Created: November, 1995
Last updated: 19, April, 2006

Automotive Museums in The Netherlands

American Motorcycle Museum Holland
Zwolsestraat 63, Raalte 8101 AB
Tel: +31-572-364187. Fax +31-572-364373
WWW: www.ammh.nl

Automuseum Bergeyk
Standerdmolen 3
5571 RN Bergeyk
tel. (497) 571-003. Fax: (497) 575 082
Opening Wednesday to Sunday 10-17h
WWW: www.automusa.nl
Large collection of which 200 are on display. Much cars are traded and therefore it is a living museum with changing collection. Most cars are post war.

Brandweer Museum Borculo
Hofstraat 5, 7271 AP Borculo
Tel: +31-545-271966
WWW: www.brandweerborculo.nl

DAF Museum
Tongelresestraat 27, 5613 DA Eindhoven
Tel +31-40 244 43 64. Fax: +31-40 214-4370
Open all year
WWW: www.dafmuseum.nl
Biggest DAF collection in the world. From the little variomatic cars to the big trucks. Very nice museum.

Hartog's Ford Museum
Haarlemmerstraat 36, 2181C Hillegom
Tel. 0031-252-518118
On the N 208 road, 15 km south of Haarlem.
Open daily 10:00 - 17:00
WWW: www.fordmuseum.nl
"This museum opened in 1998, and houses a collection of 186 cars, all US-made Ford and a dozen prewar Lincolns, and all before 1948! It is the world's biggest Ford collection and outnumbers the Ford museum in Dearborn, USA, both in numbers and in rarities. The Americans are jealous! It is the private collection of old Mr. Hartog and family, a local Ford dealer. Included are rare versions of model T, A, V8, all types of Ford lorries and vans etc. It has a restaurant and other facilities, too" - muses Henk van Rossum in his letter, July, 2000.

Louwman Collection Nationaal Automobiel-Museum
Steurweg 8, 4941 VR Raamsdonksveer, Location: on A27 Gorinehem-Breda road
T. +31 - (0)162 58 54 00 & Fx +31 - (0) 162 51 20 890
Open Tue-Sun (Easter to last Sun in Oct) 10-17;
www.louwmancollection.nl
Most important collection in Holland, private collection of Mr. Louwman, importer in Holland of Toyota. Biggest Toyota collection outside Japan (probably complete)
Small but impressive Duesenberg collection. T50 Bugatti, several more Bugatti's.
Impressive collection of original unrestored veterans. Spyker cars, the James Bond DB5 (replica), vintage Alfa Romeo collection and much much much more.
The collection absorbed the German Rosso Bianco collection in February, 2006.

Histo Mobil
Cornelisgraeht 42, 8355 CH Giethoorn
Location: off N333 north-west of Giethoorn town, 100km north east of Amsterdam.
Tel: +31-52136-1498
Opening times: May-Oct. Tue-Sun 10 - 18.00
WWW: www.histomobil.nl
Small museum with three vintage and 16 rather recent cars, 25 motorcycles; countless sundry items belonging to household, farming, toys (including a model train and many model cars)

Openbaar Vervoer Museum (M. of Public Transportation)
Steenstraat 30, Borculo (Gelderland)
T. +31 - (0)54 52 74 144
Open Apr - Oct Tue - Sat 10 - 17.00, Sun 13 - 17.00
Small local collection.

Haag's Openbaar Vervoer Museum (M. of Public Transportation)
Parallellweg 224, S'Gravenhage (Zuid-Holland)
T. +31 - (0)70 44 51 559; Fx - 070 44 50 472,
Apr - Oct Sun 13 - 17.00
Small local collection.

Museum 1939-1945
Dingeweg 1, 9981 NC Uithuizen (Groningen)
Tel: 31-595-434100. Fax: +31-595-434100
This great collection of 2nd World War vehicles is closed since October, 2003.

Nationaal Ambulance- en Eerste Hulpmuseum
Papierbaan 2, 9672 BH Winschoten (Groningen)
Tel: +31-597-422000. Fax: +31-50-3186511
Closed and transferred to Apeldoorn.

Nationaal Brandweermuseum
Industriehaven 8, Hellevoetsluis
WWW: www.nationaalbrandweermuseum.nl
National fire-fighting museum, featuring many fire-trucks.

Nationaal Ambulance- en Eerstehulpmuseum
Kanaal-noord 65, Apeldoorn (Gelderland)
T. +31 55 54 30 691
WWW: www.politiemuseum.nl
Police vehicles, ambulances and sundry items

Noordelijk Busmuseum
P van Dijkstraat 5, 9672 AJ Winschoten (Groningen)
Tel: +31-597-424776
www.realsite.nl/busmuseum

Velorama National Bicycle Museum
Waalkade 107, 6511 XR Nijmegen (Gelderland)
Tel: +31-24-3604970 Fax: +31-24-3607177
WWW: www.velorama.nl
Okay, this collection olny has two-wheelers running without engine, but still a nice collection.

Oldtimermuseum De Rijke
Industrieterrein De 'Pinnepot' 23, 3233 Oostvoorne (Zuid-Holland)
T. +31 - (0)18 14 83 876; Fx - 018 14 86 143;
WWW: members.ams.chello.nl/d.vanmunster1/

Rijksmuseum Paleis Het too
Koninklijk Park 1, 7315 JA Apeldoorn,
Opens: Tues-Sun 10.00-17.00
www.paleishetloo.nl
A magnificent royal Dutch palace, now a fine museum with transport display in stable block. There are not too many oldtimers there: one (1) Winton 1926, one (1) Minerva 1927, plus 1 Ford Granada, 1 Fiat Coupé 2300 S, 1 Ford LTD, 1 Mercedes 300 Convertible of '66, but of course a lot of horse-carriages and horsemens' accessories.


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Pal Negyesi
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