The National Motorcycle Museum is a
non-profit
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museum located in
Anamosa, Iowa. It was founded in 1989 by motorcycle builders, racers, and riders. Its purpose to maintain the experience of bikes past and present as well as motorcycle memorabilia, documents and actual vintage bikes from as far back as 1903. It was named Iowa Tourism Attraction of the Year in 2001.
The museum contains a collection of motorcycles over the past 100 years as well as thousands of photos, postcards and posters. The bikes come from all over the world; there are
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ese,
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and other
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an
motorcycles
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on display.
In 2010, the museum moved its collection of more than 300 motorcycles to a much larger building, and celebrated a grand re-opening in June 2011.
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Model 13U
1913 Thor Motorcycle 9/28/2011 11:23:07 AM by Christian Williams
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References
Transportation museums in Iowa
Motorcycle museums in the United States
Museums in Jones County, Iowa
Anamosa, Iowa
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