Dec 14, 2019
Open Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 401-848-2277
1947 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI
Welcome
The private collection of 75+ automobiles at the Newport Car Museum focuses on seven decades of modern industrial automotive design and celebrates cars as works of art. From the 1950s to the present, separate exhibits of Ford/Shelby Cars, Corvettes, World Cars, Fin Cars, Muscle Cars and Mopars have been carefully curated to appeal to men as well as women and to all generations, from grandparents to parents to children.
Events
Dec 21, 2019 - Dec 22, 2019
Hoods Up Weekend
Dec 22, 2019
Cars & Caroling
Dec 25, 2019
CLOSED: Christmas Day
Jan 01, 2020
CLOSED: New Year’s Day
Exhibits
Highlighted here are stellar examples of Jaguars, Mercedes Benz, BMWs, Acuras, Lamborghinis and Porsches.
Classic iconic 1960s cars include the Camaro, GTO, Mustang, Challenger and the Hemi Cuda.
The 1950s bloomed into color and jet-like styling with the Buick Skylark, Cadillac Series Sixty-Two, T-Bird and the DeSoto Adventurer Convertible.
Car of the Month
1964 289 Full Factory Competition Cobra
This 289 Cobra Factory Team car CSX2430 is one of 32 full race specification cars prepared by Shelby American for race driver Tom Payne. Payne was a racer, businessman and would-be-politician who once raced on a Canadian track wearing a Glen Plaid suit; he had run out of time to change into his driver’s coveralls before the event. The stunt earned him the nickname “Gentleman Tom.”