The United States of America is known for its fair for cars. To promote it history of automobiles it has its very own car Museum, the LeMay – America’s Car Museum. Here are a few quick facts, the museum is spread over 165,000 square feet, has a 3.5 acre show field plus it is right next to the Tacoma Dome. What’s more it is travelled by over 7 million motorists every year.

Best car museum in America – LeMay, America’s Car Museum in Washington

LeMay – America’s Car Museum was established on 2nd June, 2012 in Tacoma, Washington. It showcases a collection of over 350 automobiles. The museum aims at being the place to be for automotive enthusiasts for World over. They could be together for celebrating US’s love for automobile. Social networks are being created for serious collection and other educational entities who could contribute in this endeavor. At the same time it would depict the transportation industry’s current set of current achievements and directions for the future. In addition it is committed to work towards coming up with an education centre that promotes preservation and restoration of automotive history. LARGE architecture is the architect of the museum and is based out of Los Angeles.

Every year numerous car lovers and other tourists visit America for its diverse attractions. Travelers who wish to vacation here or migrate here need to apply for suitable visa categories. The idea is to distinguish between though who wish to be here temporarily from those who want to be here permanently. For a visit purpose people need a valid tourist visa. Citizens of select countries listed under the Visa Waiver Program don’t need a tourist visa. They need to get ESTA visa before traveling.

LeMay is a non profit organization. Now here is how it all came together. Years ago Harold LeMay ran his business Harold LeMay Enterprises successfully in the Tacoma metro area. He also had collection of private cars that turned out to be the largest in the World. Tacoma as a city donated ten acres after he passed away. Harold LeMay’s cars are still a big crowd puller for the visitors. The key exhibits are there are variety of reasons like design, speed, significance in country’s car culture and technology. Other exhibits include 1986 Owosso Pulse, 1983 DeLorean DMC 12, 1966 Ford Mustang, 1970 Oldsmobile 442, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS and 1994 Flintmobile George Barris Kustom.

The key donors are the city that donating land worth $17 million, Nancy LeMay (Harold’s wife) who donated $15 million. AAA Washington donated $1.6 million. Other names include companies and individuals as well. Banquet Room is available for hosting meetings, events and parties on rent. Anderson Plaza is famous for hosting cruise in events on monthly basis from April to October; this sees different clubs visiting the park. The event calendar can be checked for more upcoming events. When the museum operates a cafe is functional and serves hot dogs, soups, salads, sandwiches and side snacks.