Vintage Motorcycle Museum (Chehalis, Washington)

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Vintage Motorcycle Museum
Vintage Motorcycle Museum (Chehalis, Washington)
Established1979 (1979)
Location Chehalis, Washington
Coordinates 46°39′56″N122°58′15″W / 46.6655°N 122.9709°W / 46.6655; -122.9709
Type Transport museum
CollectionsVintage motorcycles
OwnerFrank and Barbara Mason

The Vintage Motorcycle Museum is an appointment only museum in Chehalis, Washington. [1] The collection, founded in 1979 by retired building contractor Frank Mason, [2] includes pre-1916 motorcycles, photographs and memorabilia. [1] Mason and his wife Barbara bought and renovated the historic 1889 Washington Hotel building in Chehalis after it burned in 1997, and moved the collection there. [3]

The museum moved its collection in 2021 to the Marketplace Square building, half a block south from the hotel. [1]

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Saint, Bryan (May 19, 2021). "Vintage motorcycles have their own museum in Chehalis". King 5 News. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. Geoff Hill (June 21, 2006), "Full Speed Ahead into Motorcycle History", The News Letter , Belfast, Northern Ireland[ dead link ]
  3. Julie McDonald Zander (2011), Chehalis, Arcadia Publishing, pp. 111, 124, ISBN   9780738576039
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Coordinates: 46°39′56″N122°58′15″W / 46.6655°N 122.9709°W / 46.6655; -122.9709