The LeMay Family Collection Foundation was born out of

Harold LeMay Harold E. LeMay (September 4, 1919 – November 4, 2000) was the owner of Harold LeMay Enterprises, a refuse company in the Tacoma, Washington metro area. He was the owner of one of the largest private automobile collections in the world at the ti ...

's dream of keeping his massive car collection together and in a place where others could appreciate it. Separate from

America's Car Museum LeMay - America's Car Museum is a museum in the city of Tacoma, Washington. The museum is adjacent to the Tacoma Dome and opened on June 2, 2012. Many of the cars on display were donated to the museum by the family of Harold LeMay. Details Har ...

in downtown Tacoma, the LeMay Family Collection is still directly owned and controlled by the LeMay family.LeMay Marymount FAQs
Today, the museum is open to the public 6 days a week. About 500 cars are on display in the collection at all times, with some being rotated into or out of off-site storage. The collection is located at the historic

Marymount Military Academy Marymount Military Academy was a boys' military school in Tacoma, Washington that was in operation first as a military academy, then as a private boys' school from 1923 to 1976. History Marymount was purchased in 1919 by the Sisters of St. Do ...

, which housed a school for boys and a home for nuns before it became a home for

Harold Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts a ...

and

Nancy LeMay Nancy LeMay (born May 3, 1936) is an American car enthusiast and collector. Nancy met Harold LeMay in the early 1960s, and they were married in 1963; between them they had eight children. One thing Nancy and Harold bonded over was their collecti ...

's vintage car collection. The LeMay Family Collection Foundation is also the site of the annual

LeMay Car Show The Annual LeMay Car Show began in 1978, as a small gathering with Harold and Nancy LeMay and friends. The tradition continues to this day, with over 1,000 vintage cars shown on the last Saturday of August each year, and collectors coming to see ...

. The LeMay Family Collection Foundation was nominated for one of King 5's Best Museums in Western Washington in 2013.King 5 Best Museums 2013
/ref> It placed 14th out of more than 60 nominees. In 2015, the Collection placed in the top 5.

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* {{authority control Foundations based in the United States Automobile museums in Washington (state) Museums in Tacoma, Washington