Museum of Automobiles, Automobile museum in Morrilton, United States
The Museum of Automobiles is a car museum in rural Winrock, Arkansas, next to Petit Jean State Park. Its building, designed by the Little Rock firm Ginocchio, Carter, Cromwell and Neylan, holds over 30 donated automobiles plus motorcycles, guns, license plates, arcade machines and memorabilia. Among the cars are a rare 1923 Climber touring car made in Arkansas and Winthrop Rockefeller's 1951 Cadillac, his 1967 Cadillac limousine with a Santa Gertrudis bull sterling silver hood ornament, and his 1914 Cretors popcorn wagon.
Winthrop Rockefeller founded the institution in 1964 with his personal collection of classic vehicles before later becoming Governor of Arkansas. The project expanded over subsequent decades and evolved into a major repository of American automotive history.
The museum displays the only surviving Arkansas Climber from 1923, a vehicle manufactured within the state itself. This car represents the state's tradition of local auto production, which today remains visible only through this single example.
Visitors should wear comfortable shoes to walk through the exhibition easily and allow sufficient time to view all the vehicles closely. The museum sits on a mountain, so access requires driving up a mountain road and the grounds have elevation changes.
The 1923 Climber touring car is the only surviving example of an automobile built in Arkansas. The museum also keeps three of Winthrop Rockefeller's own vehicles: the 1951 Cadillac he drove to the state, a 1967 Cadillac limousine with a Santa Gertrudis bull in sterling silver as its hood ornament, and a 1914 Cretors popcorn wagon.
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