![]() Exterior of the Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum | |
Location | Buffalo, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°52′44″N78°52′08″W / 42.8789°N 78.868962°W |
Type | Automobile museum |
Website | www.pierce-arrow.com |
The Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum is an automobile museum in Buffalo, New York.
The museum documents the automotive history of Western New York, with a focus on Buffalo-made automobiles such as those made by the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company and Thomas Motor Company. The museum's collections include automobiles, automotive memorabilia, and archival materials. [1]
Other museum highlights include the Thomas Flyer that won the 1908 New York to Paris Race and the Frank Lloyd Wright Filling Station, designed for a Buffalo company in the 1920s but not built at the time The museum's collection also includes 60 bicycles, ten of which were built by the Buffalo-based George N. Pierce Company. [2] Other highlights include the Thomas Rocket Car and a prototype single-seater car built by the Playboy Motor Car Company. [3]