Historical, Vintage, and Classical Cars Museum

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1904 Minerva Type A motor car in the museum

The Historical, Vintage, and Classical Cars Museum is located in Kuwait's Shuwaikh Industrial Area, near the intersection of road 80 and road 55.

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History and profile

The museum was opened in October 2020(2 years ago). [1] It consists of two buildings and an outside display area:

Additional cars are displayed on loan in other museums in Kuwait, e.g. the Bait al-Othman museum in Hawally.

The main collection can be grouped into 4 parts:

The museum is closed on Fridays and open on all other days 9:00 - 12:00 in the morning and 5:00 - 8:00 in the evening. [2]

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References

  1. "Kuwait's Historical Vintage and Classic Cars Museum". Rate my q80 ride. Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. "KWTmotor.net KWT Motor". Archived from the original on 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2020-01-14.