Incredible Louwman Auto Museum Now Open in The Hague

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Jul 19th 2010 at 6:01PM

An incredible new auto museum designed by famed architect Michael Graves has opened in The Hague. The Louwman Museum houses over 230 historic cars as well as world's largest collection of automotive art, all assembled by Dutch car importer Evert Louwman, who bought everything from pioneering autos from the late 19th century to race cars, sports cars and luxury limousines. Most of the cars are rare examples and are preserved in their original, often unrestored state, including the second-oldest automobile in the world, a De Dion Bouton & Trépardoux from 1887. There's also James Bond's original 1964 Aston Martin DB5, as well as the eccentric Swan Car from 1910, a hybrid Woods from 1917, the Jaguar D-type 1957 Le Mans winner, an original condition Mercedes-Benz SSK (above), bubble cars, steam cars, electric cars and more.

Tags: architecture, Aston Martin, classic cars, Jaguar, James Bond, Louwman Museum, Mercedes-Benz, Michael Graves, museum, The Hague

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Paul Murphy Oct 13th 2010 1:10AM

230 historic cars? Wow amazing! I am now really excited to visit the auto museum this year with my auto fanatic friends. We have already planned for it and hopefully it will be possible.