The Mullin Automotive Museum is a privately owned

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Oxnard, California Oxnard () is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. On California's South Coast, it is the most populous city in Ventura County and the 22nd-most-populous city in California. Incorporated in 1903, Oxnard lies approximately west ...

, US. Established in 2010, it displays the personal car collection of businessman and philanthropist

Peter W. Mullin Peter W. Mullin (born 1941) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of the M Financial Group and chairman of its subsidiary, M Financial Holdings. Additionally, he serves as the chairman of Mullin Barens Sanford Financial. ...

. The museum has a large collection of vintage

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s, and many of the cars are fully restored and able to be driven. The museum is housed in the building formerly occupied by the

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. The building was remodeled to be more energy efficient by American architect David Randall Hertz, making use of solar panels and reflective roofing to reduce heat, yet incorporating elements that retain the

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

style and motifs in order to match the era of the cars, many of which were made by French manufacturers in the 1920s and 1930s. Although it is primarily known for its selection of classic French automobiles and grand prix race cars, the Mullin also houses a collection of Art-Deco furniture and contemporary paintings and sculpture.Mullin Automotive Museum
"Mullin Automotive Museum Lends Prized California Artwork to Carnegie Art Museum for New Exhibit,"
Press release, June 16, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2019.

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– official site * {{authority control Automobile museums in California Buildings and structures in Oxnard, California Culture of Oxnard, California Museums in Ventura County, California

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