MISSOURI

Auto World Museum
200 Peacock Drive
Fulton, MO
(573) 642-2080
Features: The Backer Collection consists of more than 120 vintage cars, trucks and other vehicles dating from 1903 to 1993, and 84 of them are displayed here among historic settings and exhibits of memorabilia reminiscent of the times the cars were new.

'57 Heaven
American Bandstand Theater
1600 West Highway 76
Branson, MO 65616
(417) 332-1957
Features: World's largest collection of 1957 cars and related memorabilia. Includes the usual Big Three cars along with Hudsons, Packards, Nashes and the like.

Kelsey's Antique Cars Museum
Box 564 Camdenton, MO 65020
Phone: (314) 346-2506
Features: (No Web site.)

Memoryville USA
2220 North Bishop Avenue
Rolla, MO 65401
(573) 364-1810
Features: After years of restoring cars and antiques, this has turned into a 56,000 square foot facility that houses a huge restoration shop as well as an antique auto museum (originally known as Autos of Yesteryear). Among its exhibits are a 1913 Indy race car, John Wayne’s 1917 Federal truck and iconic news commentator Paul Harvey’s 1938 Nash Lafayette.

National Museum of Transportation
8015 Barrett Station Road
St. Louis, MO 63122 (314) 965-7998
Features: The Earl C. Lindburg Automotive Center at the museum of was redesigned so its glass and steel exterior resembles a contemporary auto dealership. Its premier exhibit is titled “It’s an Automobile Life: Car Culture in St. Louis and Beyond.” It includes St. Louis’ oldest express delivery truck, a 1908 Galloway; a 1959 Ford experimental gas turbine truck, and a 1901 St. Louis Automobile made by the St. Louis Motor Carriage Co., the first successful automobile company west of the Mississippi River.

Ozark Auto Show & Museum
West Highway 76
Branson, MO 65616
(417) 334-4191
Features: (No Web site.)

St. Louis Car Museum
1575 Woodson Road
St. Louis, MO 63114
(314) 993-7104
Features: Cars are selected for display in a 48,000 square foot, carpeted, climate controlled showroom. Among the gems are a gorgeous 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk (seen here), a 1967 Alfa Romeo Duetto, a 1980 Porsche 911 SC Targa and a 1940 Cadillac Series 75 Convertible Coupe.