Larz Anderson Auto Museum - Museum of Transportation, Massachusetts, United States

5mabellnyc 5:00 PM Jul 1, 2019

If you like cars this is a dont miss
As beautiful as the cars on the main floor were the cars downstairs amazed me. Upstairs all the cars were restored and breathtaking. Downstairs the cars were in the original condition and not restored. it shows that if a car is taken care of it will last a very long time. Not to say there wasnt torn upholstery or a wear and tear on the vehicles downstairs but it actually made them more interesting. A worthwhile trip for men and women and young and old.

4Maurene_K 5:00 PM Aug 5, 2018

ANDERSON AUTOMOBILE COLLECTION & SPECIAL HOT ROD EXHIBIT
After driving around Larz Anderson Park and having a picnic lunch under the pavilion, we drove over to the Larz Anderson Auto Museum. This is an attraction that had been on my list of places to visit for many years. My friend and I finally found the time to devote most of a day to visit the park and the auto museum. We were glad that we fit this into Week #1 of our vacation together with daytrips from her house in the South Shore Region of Massachusetts. The antique auto museum is housed in The Andersons’ former carriage house. The mansion has long since been torn down. Admissions were: $10.00 - Adults $5.00 - Seniors, Military, Students & Children 6-12 Free - Children under 6 Just inside the entrance was the special exhibit “Lookin' East: Art and Imagination of the American Hod Rod.” The exhibit had several hot rods on display. All were in great condition. I liked all of them. The exhibit will show through April 2019. The 1936 Ford 3-Window Coupe was painted a beautiful shade of red. It had a ZZ3 Chevy 350 Crate engine with Edelbrock aluminum valve covers. Another as a 1951 Ford Shoebox 2-Door Custom Sedan with a rebuilt flathead engine. The body had been customized extensively with several inches chopped from both the front and the rear. A third was a classic 1950 Ford Woodie Sleeper with a Chevy 350 engine. A fourth was a 1924 Ford Track Speedster with a 1933 Ford Model C 4-cylinder engine with dual Winfield carburetors. It, too, had been highly customized. On the other side of the entrance was a small gift shop. In the next room, displays of the Anderson collection began. There were about 14 surviving automobiles from the collection of 32 automobiles assembled by Larz and Isabel Anderson over the years from 1899 to 1948. The 1899 Winton Phaeton, the first automobile in their collection, was in great condition for a car 119 years old. I thought it was interesting because of its construction. It was a horseless carriage with buggy springs, a small-cylinder engine under the rear body, and a steering tiller instead of a steering wheel. The Winton Motor Carriage Company was in Cleveland, Ohio. Other automobiles of interest included a 1900 Rochet-Schneider with a fringed top from France, a 1905 Electro mobile from London, a 1907 Fiat with a powerful 11-liter, 6-cylinder, and 65 horsepower engine from Turin, Italy, and a 1926 Lincoln Seven, an imposing-looking, boxy four door sedan much unlike the sleeker newer Lincolns. We thought that the automobiles in the lower level exhibit weren’t as nice as the ones on the main floor. Overall, the collection was small but worthwhile seeing. We were glad that we set aside most of a day to visit the Larz Anderson Park and the Larz Anderson Auto Museum. We’d like to return for one of those special outdoor lawn events. We rate the Larz Anderson Auto Museum at 4.5. This is a must-see collection for all fans of antique automobiles. If you found this review helpful, please click THANK below.