Lane Motor Museum

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Lane Motor Museum
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The Lane Motor Museum
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Lane Motor Museum (the United States)
EstablishedOctober 2002;21 years ago (2002-10)
Location Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°8′24.95″N86°44′3.17″W / 36.1402639°N 86.7342139°W / 36.1402639; -86.7342139
Type Automobile museum
Collection size500+ automobiles
60+ motorcycles
Related art and memorabilia
DirectorDavid Yando
PresidentJeff Lane
Public transit access Nashville MTA Route 15
Website www.lanemotormuseum.org
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Micro cars on display at the Lane Motor Museum

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]

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Museum

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 vehicles in Nashville's former American Bread Company (1951-1994). [1] 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. [3]

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. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tennessee Magazine [ permanent dead link ]
  2. Charles McEwan (October 5, 2011). "Hitting the Tennessee Roads in Rolling Museum Pieces". The New York Times.
  3. Cars At Large Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Road and Track magazine, February 2014 issue, page 22
  5. Unusual cars meet rural Tennessee Road and Track website

6. e2006 Hemings Feature Article from Hemmings Classic Car; November, 2006 - Mark J. McCourt, https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2006/11/Jeff-and-Susan-Lane/1366026.html