Central Texas Museum of Automotive History

Central Texas Museum of Automotive History

1922 Nash roadster Model 42
Location within Texas
Established 1980
Dissolved 2012
Location Rozanky, Texas
Coordinates 29°57′44.25″N 97°18′3.49″W / 29.9622917°N 97.3009694°W / 29.9622917; -97.3009694
Type Automobile museum
Collection size 250 cars, automobilia
Website www.ctmah.org
www.dicksclassicgarage.com

The Central Texas Museum of Automotive History was an automobile museum located in Texas founded by Dick Burdick, a Texas businessman and car collector. The museum includes two different facilities, the original museum located in Rosanky, Texas which operated from 1980 until 2012[1] and a second unit named Dick's Classic Garage located in San Marcos, Texas which was inaugurated in 2009.

Collection

The museum had a collection of American and European cars from the 20th century. The European cars and American cars before 1929 were displayed in the original museum. Included in its 125 fully restored cars were: Stanley Steamers, Duesenbergs and Jaguars. The facility also included an extensive automobile library.[2]

A 1950 Crosley station wagon
1916 Haynes

Closure

In 2012 the museum announced that it would close it doors. The reason given for its closing was to help provide funding for the newly established division Dick's Classic Garage. Ninety of the cars were taken to auction. The remainder of the cars in the collection were moved to Dick's Classic Garage.[1] The plan was to be able to provide funding for the new museum much longer than income from admissions taken would sustain.

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