National Motorcycle Museum (Anamosa, Iowa)

The National Motorcycle Museum is a non-profit museum located in Anamosa, Iowa. It was 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.

National Motorcycle Museum
TypeMuseum
IndustryMotorcycles and Auto
GenreMotorcycles
Founded1989
Headquarters
Anamosa, Iowa
,
United States
Websitehttp://www.nationalmcmuseum.org

The museum contains a 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.[1]

In 2023, it was announced that the museum would be closing for good later in September. It was also closed during part of the covid pandemic. [2]

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References
  1. Joe Berk (May–June 2011). "The National Motorcycle Museum". Motorcycle Classics. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  2. https://www.theautopian.com/the-national-motorcycle-museum-will-be-closing-and-selling-off-over-300-incredible-motorcycles-this-fall-check-them-out/
  3. 1913 Thor Motorcycle 9/28/2011 11:23:07 AM by Christian Williams



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