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The National Automobile Museum, located just south of the Truckee River
Truckee River

The Truckee River is a river, long in northern California and northern Nevada in the United States. It drains part of the high Sierra Nevada , emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin....
 in Reno, Nevada
Reno, Nevada

Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. A 2006 estimate indicated that the city's population had increased to 214,853, but ranked Reno as the third largest city in the state following Las Vegas, Nevada, and Henderson, Nevada....
, displays historic automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
s from the late 19th century up to the 1960s and in some cases later. Most of the vehicles displayed are from the collection of the late casino owner William F. Harrah
William F. Harrah

William Fisk Harrah was an United States businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos....
, and so the museum is sometimes referred to as The Harrah Collection.

The museum's holdings include a V-16 Cadillac
Cadillac

Cadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, mainly in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....
, a Duesenberg
Duesenberg

Duesenberg was an Auburn, Indiana based luxury automobile company active in various forms from 1913 to 1937, most famous for its high-quality, record-breaking roadsters....
, a 24k gold plated American Express De Lorean DMC-12
De Lorean DMC-12

The DeLorean DMC-12 is a sports car that was manufactured by the DeLorean Motor Company for the American market in 1981 and 1982 in Northern Ireland....
, and numerous air-cooled
Air-cooled engine

Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over hot parts of the engine to cool them....
 Franklin
Franklin (automobile)

File:Bliven Franklin automobile.jpgThe H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company was a maker of automobiles in the United States between 1902 and 1934 in Syracuse, New York....
 automobiles in addition to other early or notable automobiles as Dymaxion car
Dymaxion car

The Dymaxion car was a concept car from 1933, designed by United States inventor and architect Buckminster Fuller. The word Dymaxion is a brand name that Fuller gave to several of his inventions, to emphasize that he considered them part of a more far-reaching project to improve humanity's living conditions....
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The National Automobile Museum, located just south of the Truckee River
Truckee River

The Truckee River is a river, long in northern California and northern Nevada in the United States. It drains part of the high Sierra Nevada , emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin....
 in Reno, Nevada
Reno, Nevada

Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. A 2006 estimate indicated that the city's population had increased to 214,853, but ranked Reno as the third largest city in the state following Las Vegas, Nevada, and Henderson, Nevada....
, displays historic automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
s from the late 19th century up to the 1960s and in some cases later. Most of the vehicles displayed are from the collection of the late casino owner William F. Harrah
William F. Harrah

William Fisk Harrah was an United States businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos....
, and so the museum is sometimes referred to as The Harrah Collection.

The museum's holdings include a V-16 Cadillac
Cadillac

Cadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, mainly in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....
, a Duesenberg
Duesenberg

Duesenberg was an Auburn, Indiana based luxury automobile company active in various forms from 1913 to 1937, most famous for its high-quality, record-breaking roadsters....
, a 24k gold plated American Express De Lorean DMC-12
De Lorean DMC-12

The DeLorean DMC-12 is a sports car that was manufactured by the DeLorean Motor Company for the American market in 1981 and 1982 in Northern Ireland....
, and numerous air-cooled
Air-cooled engine

Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over hot parts of the engine to cool them....
 Franklin
Franklin (automobile)

File:Bliven Franklin automobile.jpgThe H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company was a maker of automobiles in the United States between 1902 and 1934 in Syracuse, New York....
 automobiles in addition to other early or notable automobiles as Dymaxion car
Dymaxion car

The Dymaxion car was a concept car from 1933, designed by United States inventor and architect Buckminster Fuller. The word Dymaxion is a brand name that Fuller gave to several of his inventions, to emphasize that he considered them part of a more far-reaching project to improve humanity's living conditions....
. The collection houses Vin #51, a 1953 Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette

The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car that has been manufactured by General Motors since 1953. The car was originally designed by Harley Earl, and named by Myron Scott after the fast corvette....
 delivered to actor John Wayne
John Wayne

John Wayne was an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film actor. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon....
 on October 7, 1953. It also houses the "Jerarri," a full-size Jeep
Jeep

Jeep is an automobile marque of Chrysler. It is the oldest off-road vehicle brand, with Land Rover coming in second. The original vehicle which first appeared as the prototype Bantam GP became the primary light 4-wheel-drive vehicle of the US Army and allies during the World War II and postwar period....
 SUV fitted with a V-12 Ferrari
Ferrari

Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari Joint stock company....
 engine and formerly used by William F. Harrah.

Interested persons can "adopt" a car, and assume responsibility for regular cleaning and appearance preservation.

The museum also hosts the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame
Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame

The off-road racing Motorsports Hall of Fame is located inside the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada....
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See also

  • Cité de l'Automobile
  • National Motor Museum, Beaulieu


External links

  • official website
  • Visitor opinion of the museum
  • Photo gallery from a visit to the museum in October 2007