Type Museum Genre Motorcycles | Industry Motorcycles and Auto Founded 1989 | |
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Headquarters Anamosa, Iowa, United States Similar Motorcycle Hall of Fame, Solvang Vintage Motorcycl, Sturgis Motorcycle Museum, Motorcyclepedia, Anamosa State Penitentiary Profiles | ||
The National Motorcycle Museum located at 102 Chamber Drive in Anamosa, Iowa is a non-profit museum, founded in 1989 by motorcycle builders, racers, and riders. Its purpose to maintain the experience of bikes past and present as well as motorcycle memorabilia, documents and actual vintage bikes from as far back as 1903. It was named Iowa Tourism Attraction of the Year in 2001.
The museum contains a huge collection of motorcycles over the past 100 years as well as thousands of photos, postcards and posters. The bikes come from all over the world; there are American, Japanese, British and other European motorcycles on display.
In 2010, the museum moved its collection of more than 300 motorcycles to a much larger building, and celebrated a grand re-opening in June 2011.