The Newport Car Museum opened in mid-2017 in a former missile manufacturing facility in Rhode Island. Located only minutes away from the famous Gilded-Age mansions of Newport, the Portsmouth-based automobile museum has won numerous awards and the favor of large audiences typically reserved for establishments with longer histories. Hemmings Motor News, the car collector’s bible, has called it “a notable addition to the classic-car world,” while Tripadvisor has four times named it among the world’s top ten percent of attractions.
The private collection of 100+ classic, rare and exotic automobiles at the Newport Car Museum celebrates cars as works of art. It covers eight decades of modern industrial automotive design, starting with the mid-1950s and finishing with new models from the 21st Century. Separate galleries for Ford/Shelby, Corvettes, World Cars, Porsches, Fin Cars, Mopars and American Muscle have been carefully curated to appeal not just to grandfathers, fathers and teenage sons but to men and women of all ages and even the youngest of family members.
“The Newport Car Museum experience reflects on a time when artists who likely would have been the great sculptors in the Renaissance Age became stylists, designers and industrial engineers for the Big Three American auto manufacturers – General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Chrysler – and leading European companies such as Jaguar, Porsche, Mercedes Benz and BMW.”
– Founder Gunther Buerman
There is something educational and inspirational to be gained by all who immerse themselves in the wonder, history, design and beauty of these vehicles as well as the eclectic Mid-Century furnishings, award-winning videos, commissioned artwork and nostalgic music that echo the personality of these eras and further enhance the modern design experience at the Newport Car Museum.
