Museum of American Speed

[ita]

Lincoln's Museum of American Speed ramps up for 90,000-square-foot expansion with $10M price tag

Matt Olberding
One of the nation's largest automotive museums will be getting even bigger.

Speedway Motors on Thursday announced plans for a $10 million expansion of its Museum of American Speed that will increase its physical size by about 60%.

Construction will start this fall to add 90,000 square feet of space in two phases. The museum currently has more than 150,000 square feet on three floors.
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“The new addition will allow us to add enhanced displays for NASCAR, off-road racing and growing our already popular land speed, drag racing and custom show car displays. We also plan to add more interactive displays for youth and families making it an immersive experience for the whole family.”

Among the new collections to be housed at the expanded museum will be show cars from the Darryl Starbird Rod & Custom Hall of Fame Museum, race vehicles from the Herzog Motorsports Collection, and collector cars from Eric Zausner’s E.Z. Spindizzy Foundation.

[NEDodger]

This is one of those places that I always forget about checking out anytime I'm in Lincoln. Has anyone been here? It looks like they have a pretty impressive collection.

[ita]

This is one of those places that I always forget about checking out anytime I'm in Lincoln. Has anyone been here? It looks like they have a pretty impressive collection.

Same, I still need to make it out there. I didn't know how big it is. I just checked it against the square footage of the Durham and it's about 25,000 sq. ft. bigger without the upcoming expansion.

[ricko]

I keep forgetting that place is there. Being something of a car geek, I check the car museums in every city I visit. I've taken virtual tours of this place in the past, and will be visiting it in the future. Glad to hear they're expanding.