Open Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 401-848-2277
1947 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI
The private collection of 100+ automobiles at the Newport Car Museum focuses on eight decades of modern industrial automotive design and celebrates cars as works of art. From the 1950s to the present, separate galleries for Ford/Shelby Cars, Corvettes, World Cars, Porsches, 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.
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Events
3 Guys & an iPhone
“Gunther Talks Cars”
Galleries
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The Porsche Exhibit, once a Pop-Up, is now permanent with many additions adjacent to the Fin Car Gallery.
Highlighted here are stellar examples of Jaguar, Mercedes Benz, BMW, McLaren, Lamborghini and Porsche.
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
1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL “Gullwing”
Mercedes-Benz returned to post-war auto racing in 1952, fielding two of its new 300 SLR (Sport Leicht Racing) sports cars in the Italian Mille Miglia and finishing second and fourth overall in this most difficult event. It first raced the 300 SLR as an open-top roadster; however, for the 1952 Le Mans it entered a trio of SLR “Gullwing”-doored coupes and finished first and second.
