Mazda-Museum Augsburg, Automobile museum in Augsburg, Germany.
The Mazda Museum Augsburg is an automobile museum housed in a former tram depot from 1897, displaying about 50 restored vehicles across roughly 1500 square meters (16,000 sq ft). The venue combines the building's historic architecture with modern exhibition spaces and also offers event facilities, dining, and a retail shop.
A Mazda dealer from Gersthofen, a suburb of Augsburg, built up the collection with his two sons over about thirty years, acquiring roughly 120 to 140 models. In 2011 the family bought a former tram depot from the city and set up a first exhibition there; the museum opened in 2017. About fifty vehicles have been restored for display.
The museum is run by the Frey family, Mazda dealers from Gersthofen, who gathered 120 to 140 cars over about thirty years with their two sons; around fifty are restored for display. The exhibited vehicles are rotated regularly, and occasional special exhibitions are held alongside the main hall.
The museum entrance faces the Senkelbach stop on tram line 2, in the Rechts der Wertach district north of the city centre. The site also holds a 700-square-metre event area, a restaurant and a museum shop. Exhibits are rotated periodically, so which cars are on view can change between visits.
The Pathfinder XV 1 in the collection was built for military use in Myanmar and was hardly sold anywhere else. To obtain an original engine for it, the Frey family contacted the German ambassador there. The vehicle is one of about 120 to 140 Mazdas the family gathered over some thirty years.
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