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Harley-Davidson Museum

53203 Milwaukee, WI, United States of America (USA) (Wisconsin )
Address 400 West Canal Street
 
 
Floor area 12 077 m² / 130 000 ft²  
 
Museum typ
Motorcycles / Motorbikes

Opening times
 Thursday – Monday: 10am–5pm

Admission
Status from 02/2024
 Adult: $22; Senior & Military: $18; Student (Age 18+): $16; Child (Age 5-17): $8
Contact
Tel.:+1-877-436-8738   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/museum.html
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Location / Directions
N43.031285° W87.915924°N43°1.87710' W87°54.95544'N43°1'52.6260" W87°54'57.3264"
The museum was built in an historically industrial area of Milwaukee, Downtown, along the Menomonee River bank.
The site includes parking spaces for 1,000 motorcycles and 500 cars.

About 500m from the museum you can reach the Milwaukee Intermodal Station It is the main intercity bus and train station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, located downtown. The station is served by Amtrak's Empire Builder and Hiawatha Service as well as bus companies Coach USA - Wisconsin Coach Lines (regional and intercity services), Greyhound Lines, Jefferson Lines, Indian Trails, Lamers, Badger Bus, Tornado Bus Company, and Megabus.

Milwaukee is served by Amtrak's Hiawatha Service passenger train up to seven times daily between Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Chicago Union Station, including a stop at the Milwaukee Airport Railroad Station, Sturtevant, Wisconsin, and Glenview, Illinois. Amtrak's Empire Builder stops at Milwaukee Intermodal Station and connects to Chicago and the Pacific Northwest, with several stops along the way.
Description

Text from Wikipedia 3/2012:
The Harley-Davidson Museum is celebrating the more than 100 year history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m²) three building complex contains more than 450 Harley-Davidson motorcycles and hundreds of thousands of artifacts from the Harley-Davidson Motor Company's 120 year history.

Exhibits

The museum’s galleries permanent exhibitions, spread throughout two floors, in addition to temporary exhibits and the motor company’s archives. The complex also includes a restaurant, café, retail shop, and special event spaces.

Also on display are historic Harley-Davidson items that tell the company's story and history, such as photographs, posters, advertisements, clothes, trophies, video footage of vintage and contemporary motorcycling, and interactive exhibits, including 10 motorcycles that visitors can sit on.

The Motorcycle Gallery
On the museum’s upper level, a procession of motorcycles is displayed down the center of the main hall, running the length of the building, with galleries on either side.

The Harley-Davidson Journey
Along the east side of the upstairs galleries, a series of interconnected galleries exhibit the Harley-Davidson's chronological history. The galleries relate the company's history from its origins in a 10x15-foot wooden shack to its current status as the top U.S. motorcycle manufacturer, producing more than 330,000 bikes each year.

The Engine Room
The museum's second floor galleries begin with the Engine Room. A Knucklehead engine is displayed disassembled into several pieces. The Engine Room also features several interactive touch screen elements that show how Harley motors, including Panhead and Shovelhead motors work.

The Clubs and Competition
gallery includes displays and information about Harley-Davidson's racing history. The gallery includes a section of a replica wooden board track, suspended in the air at a 45-degree incline.

Tank Gallery
The museum's upper floor exhibits also include the Gas Tank Gallery, formerly part of the Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary Open Road Tour. The exhibit displays 100 of Harley-Davidson's most memorable tank graphics, spanning 70 years, selected by the company's styling department and reproduced on "Fat Bob" tanks.

Custom Culture
The Custom Culture gallery covers Harley-Davidson's impact on American and global culture. The centerpiece of the Custom Culture Gallery is "King Kong", a 13-foot (4.0 m)-long, two-engine Harley-Davidson motorcycle customized by Felix Predko.
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