Savoy Automobile Museum, Automobile museum in Cartersville, United States
The Savoy Automobile Museum is an automobile museum in Cartersville featuring vehicles spanning multiple eras and styles. The exhibition halls showcase restored cars alongside original artwork that illustrates how engineering and design have shaped automotive development.
The Savoy opened in December 2021 in Cartersville, about 45 miles northwest of Atlanta. It is operated by Georgia Museums Inc., the nonprofit that also runs the Bartow History Museum, Booth Western Art Museum and Tellus Science Museum. Its name comes from the rusted remains of a 1954 Plymouth Savoy found half-buried on the site during initial construction.
The museum maintains rotating exhibits of automobiles and original artwork, emphasizing the relationship between mechanical engineering and artistic design throughout automotive history.
The museum sits on about 37 acres roughly 45 miles northwest of Atlanta, with five galleries, a vehicle storage building and an outdoor pavilion, plus grounds used for car shows, concerts, cruise-ins and swap meets. Allow time to walk between the buildings and outdoor areas.
The museum is named after the rusted remains of a 1954 Plymouth Savoy found half-buried on the site during initial construction. The car was uncovered as the grounds were prepared, and its name was given to the whole 65,000-square-foot facility on about 37 acres.
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