Early Electric Vehicles

WHERE TO SEE EARLY ELECTRIC CARS

Contact the collections to see which cars are on display

Some listings will be out of date

ARGENTINA:

Museo del Automóvil

http://www.museodelautomovil.com/

Irigoyen 2265 Cap. Fed. Villa Real
Buenos Aires – Argentina

1905 Krieger Landaulet

Museo del Automóvil Club Argentino
http://www.aca.org.ar/

Av.del Libertador 1850

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54 11-48084000

Another 1905 Krieger Landaulet

AUSTRALIA:

National Motor museum

http://motor.history.sa.gov.au/

Shannon St. Birdwood S. Australia

1922 Milburn 27 L

Motor Museum of Western Australia

http://www.motormuseumofwa.asn.au/

99 Lord St. Whiteman Park

Whiteman, Western Australia, 6068

1918 Detroit Electric Model 75

Powerhouse Museum

https://maas.museum/powerhouse-museum/

Discovery Center, 172 Showground Rd, Castle Hill NSW

1917 Detroit Electric Duplex Drive

AUSTRIA:

Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna)

http://www.tmw.ac.at/default.asp?al=Englisch&am=home

1899 Egger-Lohner

1900 Lohner-Porsche Elektromobile

BELGIUM:

Aalters Automobiel Museum

Kraenepoelpan 37, Aalter, Belgium

1917 Ohio Electric

AutoWorld Museum

http://www.autoworld.be/en/5.asp

Parc du Cinquantenaire 11, 1000 Brussels

1913 Detroit Electric model 42 Clear Vision Brougham

CANADA:

BC hydro, Stave Falls Powerhouse Museum

https://www.bchydro.com/community/recreation_areas/visitor-centres/stave-falls-visitor-centre.html

31338 Dewdney Trunk Rd, near Mission, BC.

1913 Detroit, model 31 (shipped October 12, 1912)

This car is a very distinctive coupe, with a faux radiator.

Owned by the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association.

Canadian Automotive Museum

http://www.canadianautomotivemuseum.com/

99 Simcoe St South, Oshawa, Ontario, L1G 4G7

1898 Woods Electric Break, Body only

1914 Gault Hybrid,

1919 Rauch & Lang C-55

Musée de l’Auto St-Jacques

31 rue Principale Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick

1928 Detroit Electric model 99-A

National Museum of Science and Technology

https://ingeniumcanada.org/ingenium/museums/museumsexplain.php

1867 St Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, Ontario

1910 Baker Runabout

1920 Ward truck

Reynolds-Alberta Museum

https://reynoldsmuseum.ca/

Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada

1903 Baker Runabout,

1911 Detroit Electric, model 11 Coupé

1912 Hupp-Yeats

1916 Owen Magnetic

1920 Detroit Electric, model 81

1925 Red Bug

Bronx Truck

Walter Truck

St. Mary’s Museum

http://www.stmarysmuseum.ca/

177 Church St, South, St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

1902 Baker

Yarmouth Museum

http://yarmouthcountymuseum.ca/

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

1922 Automatic Electric

ENGLAND:

Hull Museums and Art Gallery

http://museumcollections.hullcc.gov.uk/

Queen Victoria Square, Kingston upon Hull

1900 Cleveland

National Motor Museum at Beaulieu

http://www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/

1901 Columbia Phaëton

Science Museum Wroughton

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

Hackpen Lane, Wroughton, Swindon SN4

1904 Kriéger

FRANCE:

Musée National de l’Automobile

http://citedelautomobile.com/en/home

15 Rue de l’épée

68 100 Mulhouse cedex, Alsace France

The Schlumpf Brothers’ incredible Bugatti collection.

Bugatti Type 56 electric runabout (Ettore’s personal car)

Musée des 24 Heures du Mans

https://www.lemans.org/

9 Place Luigi Chinetti

72100 Le Mans

1908 Kriéger Omnibus

1942 CGE Gregoire “Tudor”

Le Musée National de la Voiture et du Tourisme de Compiégne

http://palaisdecompiegne.fr/decouvrir/le-musee-national-de-la-voiture-et-du-tourisme

1899 Jenatzy “Jamais Contente” Land speed car

1904 Krieger Landaulette

GERMANY:

Automuseum Melle

http://www.automuseummelle.de

Geschichte auf Radern

Pestelstr. 38–40 D–49324 MELLE

1930 Detroit Electric m98

Autovision Museum

http://www.museum-autovision.de/

Hauptstraße 154, Altlußheim, near Hockenheim

1917 Detroit 68

Deutsches Museum

http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en

Am Bavariapark 5, München (Munich)

1911 Baker Victoria

1921 Slaby-Beringer

ITALY:

Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino

http://www.museoauto.it/website/

Corso Unita d’Italia 40, 10126 Torino

1899 La Jamais Contente

1905 Waverley m26 Chelsea

1909 STAE Victoria Phaeton (Vettura Elettrica)

1927 Bugatti m52 “Baby Bugatti”

Museo Nicolis

Villafranca di Verona

https://www.museonicolis.com/en/

1919 Rauch & Lang C-45

JAPAN:

Toyota Automobile Museum

http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/index.html

41-100 Yokomichi, Nagakute City, Aichi prefecture

1902 Baker Stanhope

RUSSIA:

Kamyshinskly Automotive Repair

http://kmz-zavod.ru/aircraft/en/

Volgograd Region, Kamyshin, Str. Nizhnyaya, 112

1922 Milburn 27L, s# 2-3174-7

NETHERLANDS:

Louwman Museum

<https://www.louwmanmuseum.nl>

Leidsestraatweg 57
2594 BB Den Haag, Nederland

1899 Columbia Landaulet

1905 Hedag Brougham (Krieger license)

1908 Baker Runabout

1912 Baker Coupé

1916 Detroit m60 Duplex drive

1916 Owen M 25-4

1917 Woods 44

NEW ZEALAND:

Southward Car Museum

https://www.southwardcarmuseum.co.nz/

Otaihanga Road, Paraparaumu NZ

1918 Rauch & Lang B-26

NORWAY:

Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology

https://www.tekniskmuseum.no/

Kjelsåsveien 143, 0491 Oslo

1919 Milburn 27-L

Gjøvik Gårds Kultursentrum-Mueum

http://www.gjovikmuseet.no/

Niels Ødegaardsgate 3-9, 2815 Gjøvik

61 18 96 96; 61 17 23 18

1917 Ohio

SPAIN:

Museo Automovilistico Y de la Moda

https://www.museoautomovilmalaga.com/

Sor Teresa Prat Avenue 15: La Tabacalera Building

1916 Milburn m27

SWEDEN:

Skoklosters bil och Motormuseum

http://skoklosterslott.se/skoklosters-bil-och-motormuseum/

1918 Milburn 27-L

1919 Detroit 75

Tekniska Museet

https://www.tekniskamuseet.se/

National Museum of Science and Technology

Museivagen 7, Box 27842, SE-115 93 Stockholm, Sweden.

1915 Detroit Electric duplex drive

1919 Milburn 27

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ALASKA:

Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum

http://www.fountainheadmuseum.com/the-automobiles/index.cfm

212 Wedgewood Dr. Fairbanks, Alaska 99701

1903 Columbia Mk XIX Surrey

1913 Argo model C Limousine

1915 Rauch & Lang BX5 #50206

ARIZONA:

International Electric Vehicle Museum

http://www.hevf.org/

At the Route 66 Museum, Kingman

1909 Elwell-Parker Tow, with baggage cart

Auto Red Bug

1930 Model 97 Detroit Electric.

Also, a variety of newer electrics

Gold King Mine and Ghost Town

https://goldkingmineghosttown.com/

1000 Perkinsville Road, Jerome, AZ

1902 Studebaker runabout

CALIFORNIA:

Campbell Historic Museum

http://www.ci.campbell.ca.us/332/Historical-Museum-Ainsley-House

51 N. Central Avenue, Campbell

1919 Rauch & Lang C-55 #90292

San Jose Trolley Barn

http://historysanjose.org/wp/plan-your-visit/history-park/trolley-barn/

1650 Senter Rd, San Jose, CA 95112

(408) 293-2276

1916 Detroit Electric, model 60

The Nethercutt Collection

http://www.nethercuttcollection.org/

15200 Bledsoe St. Sylmar, CA

By appointment

1914 Rauch & Lang B-4

In storage:

1917 Rauch & Lang BX-7

1917 M-25, Owen Magnetic

1919 W-42 (full chassis) Owen Magnetic

1921 M-60 Owen Magnetic

Petersen Auto Museum

http://www.petersen.org/

6060 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA

1915 Detroit Electric, model 55

COLORADO:

Adams County Hist. Society

http://www.adamscountymuseum.com/

9601 Henderson Rd., Brighton, 80601

1902 Columbia Mark XXI

Cussler Museum

http://www.cusslermuseum.com/

14959 W. 69^th, Arvada, CO

1931 Detroit 97

Dougherty Museum

https://www.bouldercounty.org/open-space/education/museums/dougherty-museum/

8306 Highway 287 (N. 107^th St.), Longmont CO 303-776-2520

Friday, Saturday, Sunday; June 2- Sept 3

1908 Pope-Waverley Victoria

1927 Model 97 Detroit Electric

Forney Museum

http://www.forneymuseum.org/

4303 Brighton Boulevard, Denver

1916 Detroit Electric model 60

DELAWARE:

Auburn Heights Preserve

http://www.auburnheights.org/

3000 Creek Road, Yorklyn, DE

1918 Rauch & Lang B-26 Brougham #80484

Hagley Museum & Library (duPont estate)

http://www.hagley.org/

200 Hagley Creek Road, Wilmington, DE

1911 Detroit Electric, model 10

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:

Smithsonian Institution

http://si.edu/redirect/hptop_museums.htm

900 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC

(Not usually displayed)

1900 Riker Demi-Coach

1904 Columbia Mk XXXI Victoria

1914 Rauch & Lang B-4

FLORIDA:

REVS Institute

https://revsinstitute.org/

2500 S. Horseshoe Drive

Naples, Florida 34104

(239) 687-7387

Reservation required

1935 Detroit Electric model 97

Tallahassee Automobile Museum

https://tacm.com//

6800 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee

850-942-0137

1910 Babcock Runabout

Tampa Bay Automobile Collection

http://tbauto.org/

3301 Gateway Centre Blvd. Pinellas Park

1922 Milburn 27L #2-3175-7

GEORGIA:

Tellus Science Museum

http://tellusmuseum.org/

100 Tellus Drive, Cartersville, GA

1903 Waverley 21 Road Wagon

ILLINOIS:

Chicago Museum of science and Industry

http://www.msichicago.org/

5700 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL

1922 Milburn 27 L (Amos Alonzo Stagg’s car)

Ellwood House Museum

http://www.ellwoodhouse.org/

509 N First St. DeKalb, IL 60115

1921 Milburn

Wheels O’ Time Museum

http://www.wheelsotime.org/

1710 W. Woodside Drive, Dunlap, IL

1930 Detroit Electric, model 98

INDIANA:

Auburn-Cord-Dusenberg Museum

http://automobilemuseum.org/

1600 S Wayne St. Auburn, IN

1899 Waverley Stanhope Phaëton

1916 Rauch & Lang J-6

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum

http://www.indyracingmuseum.org/

4790 W. 16^th St. Indianapolis, IN

These cars are not always on display.

Call 317-492-6784, and ask to see them.

1898-99 Waverley Runabout

1903(?) Columbia

1910(?) Baker

1916(?) Rauch & Lang

La Porte County Historical Society

http://www.laportecountyhistory.org/

Peter C. Kesling collection

2405 Indiana Ave. La Port, IN

1912 Baker Brougham

North Indiana Center for History

http://www.centerforhistory.org/

808 West Washington, South Bend, IN

1918 Milburn 27

Ruthmere Museum

http://ruthmere.org

302 East Beardsley Ave. Elkhart, IN

1916 Milburn 22

Studebaker National Museum

https://studebakermuseum.org/

201 S. Chapin St. South Bend, IN

1902 Studebaker Victoria

1907 Studebaker Runabout

1908 Studebaker Carry-All, (Capitol Hill Shuttle)

1909 Studebaker Coupé

IOWA:

Antique Car Museum of Iowa

http://antiquecarmuseumofiowa.org/

860 Quarry Road, Coralville

1922 Milburn 27L #2-3027-7

Iowa State Historical Society

https://iowaculture.gov/history/museum

600 E Locust St. Des Moines, IA

1917 Milburn 27

Also: material on the 1891 Morrison car

KANSAS:

Douglas County Historical Society

http://www.douglascohistory.org/

1047 Massachusetts St. Lawrence, KS

1921 Milburn, model 27 L

Eisenhower Library

https://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/index.html

200 South East 4^th St. Abilene, KS

1914 Rauch & Lang, Elvira (Minnie) Doud’s car (Mamie’s mom)

MAINE:

Owls Head Transportation Museum

http://www.ohtm.org/

Owls Head, ME

1901 Riker Racer (on loan from Ford Museum)

1912 Woods Brougham

1914 Rauch & Lang, SWR-4, faux radiator Roadster

Seal Cove Auto Museum

https://www.sealcoveautomuseum.org/

1414 Tremont Road, Seal Cove, ME 04674

1910 Kimball Stanhope

1912 Rauch & Lang Victoria

1922 Detroit Electric model 90

MASSACHUTSETTS:

Collings Foundation

American Heritage Museum

568 Main Street, Hudson, 01775

1906 Waverley

Heritage Plantation

http://www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org/

67 Grove St. Sandwich MA

1917 Milburn, model 27 (earliest known m27)

Larz Anderson Auto Museum

https://larzanderson.org/

14 Newton St. Brookline MA

1905 Electromobile (British)

1908 Bailey Victoria

MICHIGAN:

Detroit Historical Society

https://detroithistorical.org/

5401 Woodward Ave. Detroit MI

1915 Detroit Electric Model 54 (Helen Joy’s car)

Recently on display at Ford Museum

Gilmore Car Museum

http://www.gilmorecarmuseum.org/

6865 West Hickory Road, Hickory Corners, MI

1903 Columbia LX

1907 American Juvenile

1915 Rauch & Lang J-5 #50019

Henry Ford Museum

https://www.thehenryford.org/

20900 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, MI

1889 Edison Tricycle

1896 Riker Tricycle (2)

1898 Riker Truck

1901 Baker Runabout

1901 Columbia Mk XIX Victoria

1901 Riker Racer (at Owls Head Museum)

1912 Baker Victoria (White House car)

1914 Detroit Electric, model 47 (Clara Ford’s last electric)

1915 Owen Magnetic (electric transmission)

1916 Woods Dual Power, model 44 (hybrid)

1922 Detroit Electric, model 90

Historic White Pines Village

http://www.historicwhitepinevillage.org/

1687 Lakeshore Dr, Ludington, MI

1917 model 68 Detroit Electric

R E Olds Transportation Museum

http://reoldsmuseum.org/

240 Museum Drive, Lansing

1899 Olds Electric

Stahl’s Automotive Collection

http://www.stahlsauto.com/ted-stahl/

56516 North Bay Drive

Chesterfield, MI 48051

Phone 586-749-1078

1912 Baker W Runabout

1914 Rauch & Lang J-4 Brougham

MINNESOTA:

Minnesota Historical Society

http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm

345 Kellogg Blvd. West St. Paul, MN

1900 Waverley, model 8 Dos-a-dos

In storage, viewing by appointment

http://www.mnhs.org/collections/museum/reqaccess.htm

NEBRASKA:

Durham Museum

https://durhammuseum.org/

801 S 10th St Omaha

1919 Rauch & Lang C-45

Hastings museum

http://hastingsmuseum.org/

1331 N. Burlington Ave. Hastings, NE

1918 Rauch & Lang B-26 #80280

Harold Warp Pioneer Village

http://www.pioneer-village.org/

138 US Route 6, Minden, NE

1915 Woods Brougham

NEVADA:

National Auto Museum

https://www.nationalautomobilemuseum.org/

10 S. Lake St, Reno, NV

1912 Baker, V Coupe

1915 Detroit Electric, model 46 Roadster (Abby Rockefeller)

NEW JERSY:

Edison National Historical Park

https://www.nps.gov/edis/index.htm

211 Main Street, West Orange, NJ

1911 Detroit Electric model 15 Victoria

1914 Detroit Electric model 47 Brougham, a 1913 Christmas gift from Henry Ford

NEW YORK:

Buffalo Transportation Museum

http://www.pierce-arrow.com/

24 Myrtle Ave. Buffalo

1902 Buffalo Stanhope

1913 Ohio, model M

1922 Automatic

Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate

http://www.hudsonvalley.org/historic-sites/kykuit

381 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY

1914 Detroit Electric, model 46 Roadster

Northeast Classic Car Museum

http://www.classiccarmuseum.org/

24 Rexford St. (NYS Rt. 23) Norwich

1910 Waverley Brougham

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/

9 Norton Road, Red Hook, NY

1914 Baker Brougham (rough)

Schenectady Museum of Innovation and Science

http://www.misci.org/

15 Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady

1918 Detroit 75

NORTH CAROLINA:

North Carolina Transport Museum

http://www.nctrans.org/Home.aspx

411 S. Salisbury Ave. Spencer, NC 28159

1917 Rauch & Lang BX-7

OHIO:

Allen County Museum

http://www.allencountymusum.org

620 W Market St. Lima, OH

1923 Milburn 27 L

Crawford Auto Museum

https://www.wrhs.org/research/crawford/autos/

10826 East Blvd. Cleveland, OH

216-721-5722

1901 Baker Runabout

1904 Baker Newport Runabout

1906 Baker Imperial

1913 Baker WB Roadster

1916 Rauch & Lang J-6 #50408

1916 Rauch & Lang Coach #60294

1916 Owen Magnetic O-36

1924 Red Bug

The J. E. Reeves Victorian Home & Carriage House Museum

http://www.doverhistory.org/

325 East Iron Avenue, Dover, Ohio

1923 Rauch & Lang B-68-1

PENNSYLVANIA:

America on wheels Museum

http://www.americaonwheels.org/

5 North Front Street, Allentown, PA

1895 Electrobat IV

1922 Detroit Electric Model 90

Boyertown Museum

http://www.boyertownmuseum.org/

85 S. Walnut St. Boyertown, PA

1914 Detroit Electric, model 45

1915 Milburn 15

1919 Detroit Electric, model 76

1921 Milburn 27 L

Frick Art & Historical Center

http://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/

7227 Reynolds St. Pittsburgh, PA 15208

1903 Baker Stanhope

1912 Bailey Victoria B

1924 Auto Red Bug

JWR Automobile Museum

http://www.jwrautomuseum.com/

2 Eleanor Ave. Frackville, PA

1912 Rauch & Lang TC-2 Town Car

William E. Swigart Jr. Auto Museum

http://www.swigartmuseum.com/

12031 William Penn Highway

Huntingdon, PA 16652

3 miles East of Huntingdon on Route 22

1908 Studebaker Carry-All (Capitol Hill Shuttle)

TEXAS:

Dick’s Classic Garage

http://www.dicksclassicgarage.com/

120 Stage Coach Trail, San Marcos, TX

1918 Milburn 27-L

Globo Rojo Auto Club Museum

El Paso

1923 Milburn

Panhandle-Plains Museum

http://www.panhandleplains.org/

Canyon, TX

1915 Detroit, model 66

SOUTH DAKOTA:

Pioneer Auto Show & Town

http://www.pioneerautoshow.com/

503 5^th Street, Murdo, SD

1913 Beardsley

VIRGINIA:

Luray Caverns

https://luraycaverns.com/attractions/the-car-carriage-caravan-museum/

Luray, VA 540-743-6551

1911 Baker

Roaring Twenties Museum

1445 Wolftown Hood Road

Hood, VA 22723

By appointment, 540-948-6290

1904 Carter (English)

Virginia Transportation Museum

http://www.vmt.org/collections/road/

303 Norfolk Avenue SW, Roanoke,

1913 Detroit Electric model 42

WASHINGTON (state):

Harold E. LeMay Museum

http://www.lemaymuseum.org/

2702 East D Street, Tacoma, WA,

1912 Standard Victoria

1914 Detroit 47

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture

https://www.northwestmuseum.org/

Campbell House, Spokane WA

1915 Rauch & Lang J-5 #50386

WISCONSIN:

Ellwood House & Museum

http://www.ellwoodhouse.org/

9240 Thoroughfare Road, DeKalb

1921 Milburn 27L

Oconto County Historical Society

http://www.ocontoctyhistsoc.org/

917 Park Ave, Oconto, WI 54153-1641

920-834-6206

1909 Waverley

1931 Detroit Electric 97