Museum of American Speed, Automotive racing museum in Lincoln, Nebraska
The Museum of American Speed is a motorsport museum in Lincoln, Nebraska, that holds cars, engines, and racing parts spanning over a century of American racing. The collection fills several large halls, covering everything from early hand-built racers to machines from more recent decades.
The museum opened in 1992 with the goal of keeping racing vehicles and parts from being lost or broken up. Since then, the collection has grown steadily, drawing donations and acquisitions from across the country.
The cars and engines on display show how motor racing became deeply tied to American ideas about ingenuity and competition. Many of the vehicles were built by small workshops and independent mechanics, which reflects a hands-on tradition that visitors can clearly see in the craftsmanship.
The museum is large, so comfortable shoes are a good idea since visitors walk through many connected halls. Guided tours are offered, but exploring on your own is just as easy since the layout is generally straightforward.
The museum holds one of the largest known collections of Miller and Offenhauser racing engines, two types of motors that dominated American oval racing for decades in the early and mid 20th century. These engines are now so rare that seeing several of them together in one place is something almost no other museum can offer.
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