The Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum is a
museum
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that is located on
Trans Canada Highway
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1 in
Elkhorn,
Manitoba
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. It has a collection of over 100
automobiles
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The year 1886 is regarded as ...
that date back. Ike Clarkson started collecting all of the autos.
Collection
The museum also has a collection of pioneer
farm equipment
Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture. There are many types of such equipment, from hand tools and power tools to tractors and the countless kinds of farm implements that the ...
,
steam tractors, and unique household artifacts. Included in the
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
's collection are a 1904
Holsman, a 1909
Metz
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, a 1914
Briscoe and a 1918
Gray-Dort.
The collection also includes lesser-known automobiles such as the
Maxwell and the
Russel-Knight.
See also
*
Canadian Automotive Museum
The Canadian Automotive Museum is an automobile museum located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum features many Canadian-made cars as the automobile industry, specifically the Canadian division of the General Motors, known as General Motors Ca ...
Affiliations
The Museum is affiliated with: Association of Manitoba Museums (www.museumsmanitoba.com)
CMA,
CHIN
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Evolution
The presence of a we ...
, and
Virtual Museum of Canada
The Digital Museums Canada (DMC; , ''MNC'') is a funding program in Canada "dedicated to online projects by the museum and heritage community," helping organizations to build digital capacity.
Administered by the Canadian Museum of History (CMH) ...
.
References
External links
Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum
Transport museums in Manitoba
Automobile museums in Canada
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