Škoda Auto Museum, automobile museum in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
The Škoda Auto Museum occupies a factory complex built between 1898 and 1912, where cars were made until 1928. Its roughly 1,800 m² of former Laurin & Klement production halls hold about 45 cars and some 340 exhibits, arranged around a central hall in three sections: Tradition, Evolution and Precision. White walls and oak parquet define the renovated interior reopened on 26 November 2012.
Laurin & Klement was founded on this site on 18 December 1895 as a bicycle maker, the largest in the country, and began building motorcycles the same year; cars followed from 1905. In 1925 the firm was sold to the Škoda concern of Plzeň. The museum opened in 1995 for the company's centenary and was reopened on 26 November 2012 after nine months of rebuilding in a factory hall used for car production until 1926.
The company began by building bicycles and gradually transformed into one of Europe's major car manufacturers. Visitors can see how this evolution shaped the region and the brand's identity through the displayed vehicles and objects.
The exhibition is accessible most days and allows visitors to observe both fully restored and partially restored vehicles. The site is easy to reach and is located in an area with good access to the town.
The museum holds a collection of around 300 vehicles, but only about 46 cars are on display at a time. Restoring a single car takes between 1,800 and 5,000 hours of work. The Precision section shows a historical car being rebuilt in stages, so visitors can see the labour behind each exhibit.
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