Rolls-Royce Museum

Rolls-Royce Museum
Rolls-Royce Museum
Location within Austria
Established 1999 (1999)
Location
  • Gütle elf a
  • 6850 Dornbirn
  • Austria
Coordinates 47°23′26″N 09°46′37″E / 47.39056°N 9.77694°E / 47.39056; 9.77694Coordinates: 47°23′26″N 09°46′37″E / 47.39056°N 9.77694°E / 47.39056; 9.77694
Type Automobile museum
Director Johannes Vonier
Website Rolls-Royce Museum

The Rolls-Royce Museum is a privately owned automobile museum in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria. Established in 1982, and officially opened to the public in 1999, it has been said to have the world's largest collection of Rolls-Royce cars.[1]

The museum is housed in a former factory owned by F. M. Hämmerle.[2] Its permanent collection is made up of over 1,000 objects,[3] including around 70 cars.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sowunmi, Idowu (5 November 2010). "Monument to Rolls-Royce". Thisday Live. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Hagen, Josef (14 August 2013). "Rolls-Royce-Museum will bleiben" [Rolls-Royce Museum wants to stay]. Vorarlberger Nachrichten. Retrieved 23 October 2013. (German)
  3. ↑ "Vonier Rolls Royce Museum". FIA Heritage Museums website. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Arnold, Kathy (9 May 2013). "Bregenz, Austria: a cultural city guide". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2013.

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