An Intro to the Canadian Automotive Museum

[@randykruger]

I look forward to visiting the museum real soon.

[@CanadianAutomotiveMuseum]

We'd love to have you! Come on down!

[@front2760]

I`m an hour away and have never been there.This and the tank museum would be a eye opener.

[@CanadianAutomotiveMuseum]

Speaking from experience, both museums make a great combo for a day trip. We partner with the Tank Museum on projects all the time.

[@jakej.5996]

I like how you have Lightning McQueen on display at the museum

[@CanadianAutomotiveMuseum]

Thanks! We do too! He's one of our most popular cars.

[@jakej.5996]

@@CanadianAutomotiveMuseum Would be fun to sit on his hood haha

[@flypawels]

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[@CanadianAutomotiveMuseum]

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[@joshe465]

Canada has cars?

[@CanadianAutomotiveMuseum]

At time of writing, there are two cars in the whole of Canada. We use them to pull our sleighs down to the maple syrup factory. It's much easier than the old way of using moose to pull the sleighs. /s

[@rob1tnt]

While I admittedly haven't been there in probably 15 years, my overall opinion of that museum wasn't great. I have no doubt those involved with the museum have there heart in the right place and I wish nothing but success but I found the place feels very tired. Too many cars that are too close together, cars on flat tires or leaking fluids. It felt more like walking into an abandoned car collection than a functioning museum. I do wish them success, theres some great cars in there collection.

[@CanadianAutomotiveMuseum]

Then you're definitely due for a re-visit! In the past 8 years we have, among other things, completely stripped down the interior of the museum, redone all of our exhibits from scratch, tweaked large parts of the collection so we have a better focus on Canadian vehicles, and just generally overhauled the whole place. The building no longer looks like a gloomily-lit Italian restaurant from the 1980s, that we can guarantee. Are we still a little strapped for space? Yes, every museum is. But we're doing a far better job with what we've got.

[@gregj3273]

Much has changed in over a decade and a half - huge investment in the building, collection, and how they are displayed