Museu do Automobilismo Brasileiro, Automotive museum in Passo Fundo, Brazil.
The Museu do Automobilismo Brasileiro is a specialized collection in Passo Fundo dedicated to racing cars, photographs, films, and documents about Brazilian motorsport evolution. The exhibition spans five floors and presents how the sport developed across different eras.
Paulo Afonso Trevisan began the museum after restoring a 1985 Gordini, one of his first cars, then bought a warehouse to display racing cars. The initial collection held 50 vehicles, grown through donations and loans. From 1996 it expanded to 100 historic competition vehicles, first called Trevisan Racing Collection. In 2002 the Associação Cultural Museu do Automobilismo Brasileiro became its maintainer, and in 2012 a new 4,000-square-metre building opened.
The museum displays vehicles connected to Brazilian racing champions like Émerson Fittipaldi and Rubens Barrichello, reflecting the country's pride in motorsport achievement. Visitors can sense how these victories shaped national identity and continue to resonate in Brazilian culture.
The museum occupies a 4,000-square-metre building opened in 2012, divided into five floors. The original 1,800-square-metre warehouse between Rua Paissandú, Rua Uruguai and Rua Andradas still receives visitors. Documents and vehicle files are kept at Trevisan's company premises, outside the exhibition building.
The museum preserves roughly 100,000 photographs, letters, reports, and documents on Brazilian motorsport, making it the largest documentation center in the country. These archives give visitors deep insights into the stories and details behind the famous drivers and vehicles.
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