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Museo Lamborghini (Italy)
Established2001;22 years ago (2001)
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Coordinates 44°39′32″N11°07′34″E / 44.65889°N 11.12611°E / 44.65889; 11.12611
Type Automobile museum
Website Museo Lamborghini
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Museo Lamborghini

The Museo Lamborghini (or Lamborghini Museum) is an automobile museum owned and operated by Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The two-storey museum opened in 2001, and was renovated in June 2016 to provide exhibit space for more models. [1] The goal of the museum is to cover all major milestones in the Lamborghini's history. For this purpose, the museum displays a family tree that shows all the models ever produced by the company. The current gallery contains supercars such as the 350 GT and the Sesto Elemento, and one-off and concept cars such as the Veneno and the Miura concept. [2]

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  1. "Lamborghini Museum opens as 50th Miura Tour begins". Ctvnews.ca. June 12, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. "The Museo Lamborghini". LamboCARS.com. Retrieved 7 December 2013.