Lane Motor Museum

Lane Motor Museum is located in Nashville, Tennessee and features a collection of mostly European automobiles. The museum is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, founded by Jeff and Susan Lane, his father having founded the family's automotive extrusion business, L&L Products in Romeo, Mich. in 1958.[1]

Lane Motor Museum
The Lane Motor Museum
Lane Motor Museum is located in Tennessee
Lane Motor Museum
Location within Tennessee
Lane Motor Museum is located in the United States
Lane Motor Museum
Lane Motor Museum (the United States)
EstablishedOctober 2002 (2002-10)
LocationNashville, Tennessee
Coordinates36°8′24.95″N 86°44′3.17″W
TypeAutomobile museum
Collection size500+ automobiles
60+ motorcycles
Related art and memorabilia
DirectorDavid Yando
PresidentJeff Lane
Public transit accessNashville MTA Route 15
Websitewww.lanemotormuseum.org
Micro cars on display at the Lane Motor Museum

Museum

The museum was established in October 2002 by Jeff and Susan Lane, beginning with his personal collection of 70 vehicles in Nashville's former American Bread Company (1951-1994). The collection currently includes art, memorabilia and over 500 vehicles,[2] with 150 cars displayed on any given day. 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]

Since 2010 the museum has hosted an annual fundraiser where donors can drive a museum car on a nearby rural route.[4][5]

References

  1. Charles McEwan (October 5, 2011). "Hitting the Tennessee Roads in Rolling Museum Pieces". The New York Times.
  2. Tennessee Magazine
  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

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