Lane Motor Museum Explained

Lane Motor Museum
Native Name Lang:en
Map Type:Tennessee#USA
Coordinates:36.1403°N -86.7342°W
Collection:500+ automobiles
60+ motorcycles
Related art and memorabilia
Director:David Yando
President:Jeff Lane
Publictransit:WeGo Public Transit Route 15

Lane Motor Museum is an automobile museum in Nashville, Tennessee holding a collection of over 500 mostly European automobiles, with 150 vehicles displayed on any given day.[1]

Museum

The museum was established as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in October 2002 by Jeff and Susan Lane,[2] beginning with his personal collection of 70–80 vehicles in Nashville's former American Bread Company bakery (1951-1994).[1] [3] The collection also includes automobile art and memorabilia. The museum features European cars of unusual design, propeller-driven vehicles, microcars, three-wheeled cars, amphibious vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, military vehicles, competition cars, one-off vehicles, prototypes - and 23 Tatras.[4]

In 2010 the museum began to host an annual fundraiser where donors were able to drive a museum car on a nearby rural route, which continued at least through 2014.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Crazy Cool Classic . The Tennessee Magazine . dead . February 2008 .
  2. Web site: Hitting the Tennessee Roads in Rolling Museum Pieces . The New York Times . Charles . McEwan . October 5, 2011 .
  3. Jeff and Susan Lane . https://web.archive.org/web/20170827124629/https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2006/11/Jeff-and-Susan-Lane/1366026.html . 2017-08-27 . Hemmings Classic Car . Mark J. . McCourt . November 2006 .
  4. http://carsatlarge.com/2007/03/lane-motor-museum.html Cars At Large
  5. Road and Track magazine, February 2014 issue, page 22
  6. http://www.roadandtrack.com/features/web-originals/rally-for-the-lane?click=main_sr Unusual cars meet rural Tennessee