AutoMuseum Volkswagen

Automobile museum

52°25′38″N 10°48′32″E / 52.42722°N 10.80889°E / 52.42722; 10.80889TypeAutomobile museumWebsiteAutoMuseum Volkswagen(in German)

AutoMuseum Volkswagen is an automobile museum in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Opened in April 1985,^[1] it is one of two museums in Wolfsburg devoted to the history of the Volkswagen brand; the other is at nearby Autostadt.^[2]

The museum houses around 130 cars on permanent display ranging from the earliest VW Beetles to concept design studies of VW models.^[3] The museum is housed in a former clothing factory, very close to the Volkswagen Werke, where new Volkswagens are made. Since January 1992, it has been owned and operated by a charitable foundation, Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen.^[1]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen". Volkswagen Classic website. Volkswagen AG. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
^ Glon, Ronan (September 19, 2013). "Ran When Parked visits the Volkswagen museum in Wolfsburg, Germany". Ran When Parked. Ronan Glon and Ian Rothwell. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
^ "AutoMuseum Volkswagen in Wolfsburg". European Traveller. European Traveller. 10 October 2015.

Bibliography

Volkswagenwerk (1985). AutoMuseum Wolfsburg (in German). Wolfsburg, Germany: Volkswagenwerk AG. OCLC 747105298.
Wiersch, Bernd (1989). "Das AutoMuseum". In Sparkasse Gifhorn-Wolfsburg (ed.). Museen und Ausflugsziele im Raum Gifhorn-Wolfsburg (in German). Gifhorn, Germany: Voigt. OCLC 64249841.

External links

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AutoMuseum Volkswagen – official site (in German)
Volkswagen Foundation Motor Museum at FIA Heritage Museums
AutoMuseum Volkswagen at Automuseums
TourismusRegion BraunschweigerLAND: ZeitOrte - Expeditionen ins Zeitreiseland - AutoMuseum Volkswagen Archived 2014-07-15 at the Wayback Machine – visitor information (in German)

Volkswagen passenger cars

A marque of the Volkswagen Group
See also: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

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SUVs/Crossovers	Atlas/Teramont ID.4 ID.5 ID.6 T-Cross/Tacqua/Taigun T-Roc Taigo/Nivus Talagon Taos/Tharu Tavendor Tayron Tiguan Touareg
MPVs	ID. Buzz Touran Viloran

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