WHERE TO SEE EARLY ELECTRIC CARS

Contact the collections to see hours of operation and which cars are on display

 

Compiled by Galen Handy    2025   v.3.9

 

 

ARGENTINA:

 

Museo del Automóvil

https://www.museodelautomovil.com.ar

Irigoyen 2265 Cap. Fed. Villa Real
Buenos Aires – Argentina

            1905 Krieger Landaulet

 

Museo del Automóvil Club Argentino

https://www.aca.org.ar/museo/

Av. del Libertador 1850

Buenos Aires, Argentina

            Another 1905 Krieger Landaulet

 

 

AUSTRALIA:

 

National Motor museum  

https://motor.history.sa.gov.au/

Shannon St.    Birdwood S. Australia

            1922 Milburn 27 L

 

Motor Museum of Western Australia

http://www.motormuseumwa.com.au/

99 Lord St. Whiteman Park

Whiteman, Western Australia, 6068

            1918 Detroit Electric Model 75

 

Powerhouse Museum

https://maas.museum/powerhouse-museum/

Discovery Center, 172 Showground Rd, Castle Hill NSW

            1917 Detroit Electric Duplex Drive

 

 

AUSTRIA:

 

Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna)

https://www.technischesmuseum.at/

            1899 Egger-Lohner  (chassis)

            1900 Lohner-Porsche Elektromobile

 

 

BELGIUM:

 

AutoWorld Museum

https://www.autoworld.be/en/

Parc du Cinquantenaire 11, 1000 Brussels

            1913 Detroit Electric model 42 Clear Vision Brougham

 

 

CANADA:

 

BC hydro, Stave Falls Powerhouse Museum

https://www.bchydro.com/community/recreation_areas/visitor-centres/stave-falls-visitor-centre.html

31338 Dewdney Trunk Rd, near Mission, BC.

            1913 Detroit, model 31 (shipped October 12, 1912)

This car is a very distinctive coupe with a rare faux radiator.

Owned by the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association.

 

Canadian Automotive Museum

https://www.canadianautomotivemuseum.com/

99 Simcoe St. South, Oshawa, Ontario, L1G 4G7   

            1898 Woods Electric Break, Body only

            1914 Gault Hybrid,

            1919 Rauch & Lang C-55

 

Musée de l’Auto St-Jacques          

31 rue Principale Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick

            1928 Detroit Electric model 99-A

 

National Museum of Science and Technology

https://ingeniumcanada.org/ingenium/museums/museumsexplain.php

1867 St Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, Ontario

            1910 Baker Runabout          https://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1975.0216.001/

            1920 Ward truck       https://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1981.1618.001/

 

Reynolds-Alberta Museum                      

https://reynoldsmuseum.ca/

Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada

            1903 Baker Runabout,

            1911 Detroit Electric, model 11 Brougham

            1912 Hupp-Yeatsc.

            c. 1913 Bronx model D Truck

            1916 Owen Magnetic

            1919 Walker model 42 3-Ton Truck

            1920 Detroit Electric, model 81

            1925 Red Bug

 

St. Mary’s Museum

https://www.townofstmarys.com/en/recreation-and-culture/Museum-and-Archives.aspx

177 Church St, South, St. Mary’s, Ontario, Canada

            1902 Baker

 

Yarmouth Museum

https://yarmouthcountymuseum.ca/

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

            1922 Automatic Electric

 

 

ENGLAND:

 

Hull Museums and Art Gallery

http://museumcollections.hullcc.gov.uk/

Queen Victoria Square, Kingston upon Hull

            1900 Cleveland

 

National Motor Museum at Beaulieu

https://www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/

            1901 Columbia Phaëton

 

Science And Innovation Park

https://www.scienceinnovationpark.org.uk/

Hackpen Lane, Wroughton, Swindon SN4

            1904 Kriéger

 

 

FRANCE:

 

Musée National de l’Automobile

https://citedelautomobile.com/en/home

15 Rue de l’épée

68 100 Mulhouse cedex, Alsace France

The Schlumpf Brothers’ incredible Bugatti collection.

            Bugatti Type 56 electric runabout (Ettore’s personal car)

 

 

Musée des 24 Heures du Mans

https://www.lemans.org/

9 Place Luigi Chinetti

72100 Le Mans

            1908 Kriéger Omnibus

            1942 CGE Gregoire “Tudor”

 

Le Musée National de la Voiture

https://chateaudecompiegne.fr/le-musee-national-de-la-voiture

            1899 Jenatzy “Jamais Contente” Land speed car

            1904 Krieger Landaulette

 

 

GERMANY:

 

Automuseum Melle

https://automuseum-melle.de/

Geschichte auf Radern

Pestelstr. 38–40 D–49324 MELLE

            1930 Detroit Electric m98

 

Autovision Museum

https://www.museum-autovision.de/

Hauptstraße 154, Altlußheim, near Hockenheim 

            1917 Detroit 68

 

Deutsches Museum

https://www.deutsches-museum.de/en

Am Bavariapark 5, München (Munich)

            1911 Baker Victoria

            1921 Slaby-Beringer

 

 

ITALY:

 

Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino

https://www.museoauto.com/

Corso Unita d’Italia 40, 10126 Torino

            1899 La Jamais Contente

            1905 Waverley m26 Chelsea

            1909 STAE Victoria Phaeton (Vettura Elettrica)

            1927 Bugatti m52 “Baby Bugatti”   

 

Museo Nicolis

Villafranca di Verona

https://www.museonicolis.com/en/

1919 Rauch & Lang C-45

 

 

JAPAN:

 

Toyota Automobile Museum

https://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/index.html

41-100 Yokomichi, Nagakute City, Aichi prefecture

            1905 Baker Stanhope

 

 

NETHERLANDS:

 

Louwman Museum

https://www.louwmanmuseum.nl

Leidsestraatweg 57
2594 BB Den Haag, Nederland

            1899 Columbia Landaulet

            1905 Hedag Brougham (Krieger license)

            1908 Baker M Roadster

            1912 Baker Coupé

            1916 Detroit m60 Duplex drive

            1916 Owen Magnetic M 25-4

            1917 Woods Dual Power model 44

 

 

NEW ZEALAND:

 

Southward Car Museum

https://www.southwardcarmuseum.co.nz/

Otaihanga Road, Paraparaumu, NZ

            1918 Rauch & Lang B-26

 

 

NORWAY:

 

Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology

https://www.tekniskmuseum.no/

Kjelsåsveien 143, 0491 Oslo

            1919 Milburn 27-L

 

Gjøvik Gårds Kultursentrum

Niels Ødegaardsgate 3-9, 2815 Gjøvik

61 18 96 96; 61 17 23 18

            1917 Ohio

 

 

SPAIN:

 

Museo Automovilistico Y de la Moda

https://museoautomovilmoda.com/

Sor Teresa Prat Avenue 15: La Tabacalera Building

            1916 Milburn m27

 

 

SWEDEN:

 

Skoklosters bil och Motormuseum

https://skoklosterslott.se/skoklosters-bil-och-motormuseum/

            1918 Milburn 27-L   

            1919 Detroit 75

 

Tekniska Museet

https://www.tekniskamuseet.se/

National Museum of Science and Technology

Museivagen 7, Box 27842, SE-115 93 Stockholm, Sweden.

            1915 Detroit Electric duplex drive

            1919 Milburn 27

 

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

 

ALASKA:

 

Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum

https://www.fountainheadmuseum.com/

212 Wedgewood Dr. Fairbanks, Alaska 99701

            1903 Columbia Mk XIX Surrey

            1913 Argo model C Limousine

            1915 Rauch & Lang BX5 #50206

           

 

ARIZONA:

 

International Electric Vehicle Museum

http://www.hevf.org/

At the Route 66 Museum, Kingman

            1909 Elwell-Parker Tow, with baggage cart

            Auto Red Bug

            1930 Model 97 Detroit Electric.

Also, a variety of newer electrics

 

 

Gold King Mine and Ghost Town

https://goldkingmineghosttown.com/

1000 Perkinsville Road, Jerome, AZ

            1902 Studebaker runabout

 

CALIFORNIA:

 

Campbell Historic Museum

 https://www.campbellmuseums.com/

51 N. Central Avenue, Campbell

            1919 Rauch & Lang C-55 #90292

 

San Jose Trolley Barn

https://www.ctrc.org/

1650 Senter Rd, San Jose, CA 95112

(408) 293-2276

            1916 Detroit Electric, model 60

 

The Nethercutt Collection

https://nethercuttcollection.org/

15200 Bledsoe St.      Sylmar, CA

By appointment

            1914 Rauch & Lang B-4

            In storage:

            1917 Rauch & Lang BX-7 

            1917 M-25, Owen Magnetic

            1919 W-42 (full chassis) Owen Magnetic

            1921 M-60 Owen Magnetic

 

Petersen Auto Museum    

https://www.petersen.org/

6060 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA

            1915 Detroit Electric, model 55

 

 

COLORADO:

 

Adams County Hist. Society

https://www.achs-pa.org/

9601 Henderson Rd., Brighton, 80601

            1902 Columbia Mark XXI

 

Cussler Museum

https://www.cusslermuseum.com/

14959 W. 69th  Arvada, CO

            1931 Detroit Electric 97

 

Dougherty Museum

https://www.visitlongmont.org/listing/dougherty-museum/882/

8306 Highway 287 (N. 107th St.), Longmont CO  303-776-2520

Friday, Saturday, Sunday; June 2- Sept 3

            1908 Pope-Waverley Victoria

            1927 Model 97 Detroit Electric

 

Forney Museum

https://www.forneymuseum.org/

4303 Brighton Boulevard, Denver

            1916 Detroit Electric model 60

 

 

DELAWARE:

 

Marshall Steam Museum

https://www.auburnheights.org/

3000 Creek Road, Yorklyn, DE

            1918 Rauch & Lang B-26 Brougham #80484

 

Hagley Museum & Library (duPont estate)

https://www.hagley.org/

200 Hagley Creek Road, Wilmington, DE

            1911 Detroit Electric, model 10 Coupé

 

 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:

 

Smithsonian Institution

https://www.si.edu/

900 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC

            (Not usually displayed)

            1900 Riker Demi-Coach

            1904 Columbia Mk XXXI Victoria

            1914 Rauch & Lang B-4

 

FLORIDA:

 

REVS Institute

https://revsinstitute.org/

2500 S. Horseshoe Drive

Naples, Florida 34104

(239) 687-7387

Reservation required

            1935 Detroit Electric model 97

 

 

Tallahassee Automobile Museum

https://tacm.com//

6800 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee

850-942-0137

            1910 Babcock Runabout

 

Tampa Bay Automobile Collection

https://tbauto.org/

3301 Gateway Centre Blvd. Pinellas Park

            1922 Milburn 27L #2-3175-7

 

 

GEORGIA:

 

Tellus Science Museum

https://tellusmuseum.org/

100 Tellus Drive, Cartersville, GA

            1903 Waverley 21 Road Wagon

 

 

ILLINOIS:

 

Ellwood House Museum   

https://www.ellwoodhouse.org/

509 N First St. DeKalb, IL  60115

            1921 Milburn

 

Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

https://www.msichicago.org/

5700 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL

            1922 Milburn 27 L (Amos Alonzo Stagg’s car)

 

Wheels O’ Time Museum

https://www.wheelsotime.org/

1710 W. Woodside Drive, Dunlap, IL

            1930 Detroit Electric, model 98

 

INDIANA:

 

Auburn-Cord-Dusenberg Museum

https://automobilemuseum.org/

1600 S Wayne St. Auburn, IN

            1899 Waverley Stanhope Phaëton 

            1916 Rauch & Lang J-6

 

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum

https://imsmuseum.org/

4790 W. 16th St. Indianapolis, IN

            These cars are not always on display.

Call 317-492-6784, and ask to see them.

            1898-99 Waverley Runabout

            1903(?) Columbia

            1910(?) Baker

            1916(?) Rauch & Lang

 

La Porte County Historical Society

https://www.laportecountyhistory.org/

Peter C. Kesling collection

2405 Indiana Ave. La Port, IN

            1912 Baker Brougham

 

North Indiana Center for History

https://www.historymuseumsb.org/

808 West Washington, South Bend, IN

            1918 Milburn 27

 

Ruthmere Museum

https://ruthmere.org

302 East Beardsley Ave. Elkhart, IN

            1916 Milburn 22

 

Studebaker National Museum

https://studebakermuseum.org/

201 S. Chapin St. South Bend, IN     

            1902 Studebaker Victoria

            1907 Studebaker Runabout

            1908 Studebaker Carry-All, (Capitol Hill Shuttle)

            1909 Studebaker Coupé

 

 

IOWA:

 

Antique Car Museum of Iowa

https://antiquecarmuseumofiowa.org/

860 Quarry Road, Coralville

          1922 Milburn 27L #2-3027-7

 

Iowa State Historical Society

https://history.iowa.gov/

600 E Locust St. Des Moines, IA

            1917 Milburn 27

            Also: material on the 1891 Morrison car

 

 

KANSAS:

 

Douglas County Historical Society

http://www.douglascohistory.org/

1047 Massachusetts St. Lawrence, KS

            1921 Milburn, model 27 L

 

Eisenhower Library

https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/visit/visit-us

200 South East 4th St. Abilene, KS

          1914 Rauch & Lang, Elvira (Minnie) Doud’s car (Mamie’s mom)

 

 

MAINE:

 

Owls Head Transportation Museum

https://www.ohtm.org/

Owls Head, ME

            1901 Riker Racer (on loan from Ford Museum)

            1912 Woods Brougham

            1914 Rauch & Lang, SWR-4, faux radiator Roadster

 

 

Seal Cove Auto Museum

            https://www.sealcoveautomuseum.org/

1414 Tremont Road, Seal Cove, ME 04674

            1910 Kimball Stanhope

            1912 Rauch & Lang Victoria

            1922 Detroit Electric model 90

 

 

MASSACHUTSETTS:

 

Heritage Museums & Gardens

            https://www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org/ 

67 Grove St. Sandwich, MA

            1917 Milburn, model 27 (earliest known m27)

 

Larz Anderson Auto Museum

https://larzanderson.org/

14 Newton St. Brookline, MA

            1905 Electromobile (British)

            1908 Bailey Victoria

 

 

MICHIGAN:

 

Detroit Historical Society

https://detroithistorical.org/

5401 Woodward Ave. Detroit MI

            1915 Detroit Electric Model 54 (Helen Joy’s car)

Recently on display at Ford Museum

 

Gilmore Car Museum

https://www.gilmorecarmuseum.org/

6865 West Hickory Road, Hickory Corners, MI

            1903 Columbia LX

            1907 American Juvenile

            1915 Rauch & Lang J-5 #50019

 

Henry Ford Museum

https://www.thehenryford.org/

20900 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, MI

            1889 Edison Tricycle

            1896 Riker Tricycle (2)

            1898 Riker Truck

            1901 Baker Runabout

            1901 Columbia Mk XIX Victoria

            1901 Riker Racer (at Owls Head Museum)

            1912 Baker Victoria (White House car)

            1914 Detroit Electric, model 47 (Clara Ford’s fourth electric)

            1915 Owen Magnetic (electric transmission)

            1916 Woods Dual Power, model 44 (hybrid)

            1922 Detroit Electric, model 90

 

Historic White Pine Village

https://www.historicwhitepinevillage.org/

1687 Lakeshore Dr, Ludington, MI

            1917 model 68 Detroit Electric

 

R E Olds Transportation Museum

https://reoldsmuseum.org/

240 Museum Drive, Lansing

            1899 Olds Electric                

 

Stahl’s Motors and Music Experience

https://www.stahlsauto.com

56516 North Bay Drive

Chesterfield, MI 48051

            1896 Roberts

            1905 Columbia Mk XXXV Brougham

            1912 Baker W Runabout

            1914 Rauch & Lang J-4 Brougham

 

 

MINNESOTA:

 

Minnesota Historical Society

https://www.mnhs.org/historycenter

345 Kellogg Blvd. West St. Paul, MN

            1900 Waverley, model 8 Dos-a-dos

In storage, viewing by appointment 

http://www.mnhs.org/collections/museum/reqaccess.htm

 

 

NEBRASKA:

 

Durham Museum   

https://durhammuseum.org/

801 S 10th St Omaha

            1919 Rauch & Lang C-45

 

Hastings Museum

https://hastingsmuseum.org/

1331 N. Burlington Ave. Hastings, NE

            1918 Rauch & Lang B-26 #80280

 

Harold Warp Pioneer Village

https://www.pioneer-village.org/

138 US Route 6, Minden, NE

            1915 Woods Brougham

 

 

NEVADA:

 

National Auto Museum

https://automuseum.org/

10 S. Lake St, Reno, NV

            1912 Baker, V Coupe

            1915 Detroit Electric, model 46 Roadster (Abby Rockefeller)

 

NEW JERSEY:

 

Edison National Historical Park

https://www.nps.gov/edis/index.htm

211 Main Street, West Orange, NJ   

            1911 Detroit Electric model 15 Victoria

            1914 Detroit Electric model 47 Brougham, a 1913 Christmas gift from Henry Ford

 

NEW YORK:

 

Buffalo Transportation Museum

https://www.pierce-arrow.com/

24 Myrtle Ave. Buffalo

            1902 Buffalo Stanhope

            1913 Ohio, model M

            1922 Automatic

 

Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate

https://www.hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/kykuit

381 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY

          1914 Detroit Electric, model 46 Roadster

 

Northeast Classic Car Museum

https://www.classiccarmuseum.org/

24 Rexford St. (NYS Rt. 23) Norwich

            1910 Waverley Brougham

 

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

https://www.oldrhinebeck.org/

9 Norton Road, Red Hook, NY

            1914 Baker Brougham

 

Union College, Grant Hall lobby

https://www.union.edu/admissions/visit

807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY

            1914 Detroit Electric Duplex Drive (Steinmetz car)

 

 

NORTH CAROLINA:

 

North Carolina Transport Museum

https://www.nctransportationmuseum.org/

411 S. Salisbury Ave. Spencer, NC 28159

            1917 Rauch & Lang BX-7

 

 

OHIO:

 

Allen County Museum

https://allencountymuseum.org/

620 W Market St. Lima, OH

            1923 Milburn 27 L

 

Crawford Auto Aviation Museum

https://www.wrhs.org/plan-visit/places-to-visit/crawford-auto-aviation-museum

10826 East Blvd. Cleveland, OH

216-721-5722

            1901 Baker Runabout

            1904 Baker Newport Runabout

            1906 Baker Imperial

            1913 Baker WB Roadster

            1916 Rauch & Lang J-6 #50408

            1916 Rauch & Lang Coach    #60294

            1916 Owen Magnetic O-36

            1924 Red Bug

 

The J. E. Reeves Victorian Home & Carriage House Museum

http://www.doverhistory.org/

325 East Iron Avenue, Dover, Ohio

          1923 Rauch & Lang B-68-1

 

 

PENNSYLVANIA:

 

America on wheels Museum

https://www.americaonwheels.org/

5 North Front Street, Allentown, PA

            1895 Electrobat IV

            1922 Detroit Electric Model 90

 

Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles

https://www.boyertownmuseum.org/

85 S. Walnut St. Boyertown, PA

            1914 Detroit Electric, model 45

            1915 Milburn 15

            1919 Detroit Electric, model 76

            1921 Milburn 27 L

 

Frick Art & Historical Center

https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/

7227 Reynolds St. Pittsburgh, PA 15208

            1903 Baker Stanhope

            1912 Bailey Victoria B

            1924 Auto Red Bug

           

JWR Automobile Museum            

https://www.jwrautomuseum.com/

2 Eleanor Ave. Frackville, PA

            1912 Rauch & Lang TC-2 Town Car

 

William E. Swigart Jr. Auto Museum

https://www.swigartmuseum.com/

12031 William Penn Highway

Huntingdon, PA 16652

3 miles East of Huntingdon on Route 22

            1908 Studebaker Carry-All (Capitol Hill Shuttle)

 

 

TEXAS:

 

Panhandle-Plains Museum

https://www.panhandleplains.org/

West Texas A & M, Canyon, TX

            1915 Detroit, model 66

 

 

SOUTH DAKOTA:

 

Pioneer Auto Show & Town

http://www.pioneerautoshow.com/

503 5th Street, Murdo, SD

            1913 Beardsley

 

VIRGINIA:

 

Luray Caverns

https://luraycaverns.com/attractions/the-car-carriage-caravan-museum/

Luray, VA        540-743-6551

            1911 Baker

 

Virginia Museum of Transportation

https://www.vmt.org

303 Norfolk Avenue SW, Roanoke,

            1913 Detroit Electric model 42

 

 

WASHINGTON (state):

 

LeMay-America’s Car Museum

https://www.lemaymuseum.org/

2702 East D Street, Tacoma, WA,

            1912 Standard Victoria

            1914 Detroit 47

 

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture

https://www.northwestmuseum.org/

Campbell House, Spokane WA

            1915 Rauch & Lang J-5 #50386

 

WISCONSIN:

 

Oconto County Historical Society           

http://www.ocontohistory.org/

917 Park Ave, Oconto, WI 54153-1641

920-834-6206          

            1909 Waverley

            1931 Detroit Electric 97