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R.E. Olds Transportation Museum

48933 Lansing, MI, United States of America (USA) (Michigan )
Address 240 Museum Drive
 
 
Floor area only roughly guessed: 7 700 m² / 82 882 ft²  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Passenger cars
  • Steam engines/generators/pumps
  • Agricultural
  • Fire Brigade
  • Trucks / Lorries
  • Steam engine car
  • Electric cars

Opening times
 Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm; Sunday: 12pm - 5pm

Admission
Status from 01/2024
 Adults: $10; Seniors: $7; Children (12-18): $7
Contact
Tel.:+1-517-372-05 29  eMail:autos reoldsmuseum.org  
Homepage
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reoldsmuseum.org
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Location / Directions
N42.731533° W84.547891°N42°43.89198' W84°32.87346'N42°43'53.5188" W84°32'52.4076"
Wayfinding Hint: The entrance to Museum Drive is marked by a unique sculpture of a metal head!
Description

Wikipedia 1/2024:
The REO Motor Car Company was based in Lansing. It produced automobiles and trucks from 1905 to 1975. At one point, the company also manufactured buses on its truck platforms.

The R.E. Olds Transportation Museum is named for Ransom E. Olds, founder of Oldsmobile.

Collection

The R. E. Olds Museum houses a diverse collection of Oldsmobiles dating from 1897 to 2004. The 1897 Olds, one of four built that year, is on loan from the Smithsonian Institution. There is also a replica of the 1893 steam carriage built by Ransom E. Olds on display, prior to the founding of the Olds Motor Works, which was the official name of Oldsmobile until the 1940s.

This museum also houses automobilia covering nearly a century, including a nearly complete collection of Michigan license plates, early traffic signs and a working 1950s-era traffic signal.
A bicycle collection shows the connection between early automakers and cycle makers who had the tools, know-how and creativity to successfully produce an automobile.

It also houses a collection of REO vehicles from the company that Ransom E. Olds created after he resigned from Oldsmobile. A well-known vehicle from that company is the REO Speed Wagon, the namesake of a major band by the same name. Another well-known truck that was made by a successor of that company is the Diamond REO.

Another significant part of this museum's collection are items from the Ransom E. Olds household.

The R. E. Olds Museum collection includes multiple electric cars, including an 1899 Olds Motor Works Electric and a 1996 General Motors EV1. The EV1 in the museum's collection is one of approximately 40 that were not destroyed when the EV1's entire production run was recalled in the early 2000s.

The last Oldsmobile built, a 2004 Alero GLS, was displayed at the museum after it rolled off the assembly line at Lansing Car Assembly.
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