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]

Lane Motor Museum
The Lane Motor Museum
Lane Motor Museum is located in Tennessee
Lane Motor Museum
Location within Tennessee
Lane Motor Museum is located in the United States
Lane Motor Museum
Lane Motor Museum (the United States)
EstablishedOctober 2002; 22 years ago (2002-10)
LocationNashville, Tennessee
Coordinates36°8′24.95″N 86°44′3.17″W / 36.1402639°N 86.7342139°W / 36.1402639; -86.7342139
TypeAutomobile museum
Collection size500+ automobiles
60+ motorcycles
Related art and memorabilia
DirectorDavid Yando
PresidentJeff Lane
Public transit accessWeGo Public Transit Route 15
Websitewww.lanemotormuseum.org
Micro cars on display at the Lane Motor Museum

Museum

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The museum was established as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in October 2002 by Jeff and Susan 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 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 2014.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Crazy Cool Classic" (PDF). The Tennessee Magazine. February 2008.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ McEwan, Charles (October 5, 2011). "Hitting the Tennessee Roads in Rolling Museum Pieces". The New York Times.
  3. ^ McCourt, Mark J. (November 2006). "Jeff and Susan Lane". Hemmings Classic Car. Archived from the original on 2017-08-27.
  4. ^ Cars At Large Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Road and Track magazine, February 2014 issue, page 22
  6. ^ Unusual cars meet rural Tennessee Road and Track website
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