The Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena opened to the public on March 10, 2012. The museum was built on the site of the old house where Enzo Ferrari was born in 1898 which still has the original dwelling part intact as well as the mechanical workshop (where his father Alfredo worked), opposite which there is a new (in 2012) futuristic looking gallery: shaped like a car bonnet in yellow, the colour of the town of Modena, the colour chosen by Enzo Ferrari as the background for the Prancing Horse, the Ferrari logo. The museum is currently managed by Ferrari spa.
The exhibits are not static – every six months or so there is a different theme – check the website before you visit. The photos shown here are of the cars on display in July 2012. As you can see, not all cars are Ferraris!
1940 Auto Avio Construzioni 815 (the first Ferrari)1943 Stanguellini 11001948 Maserati A6 1500 1938 Alfa Romeo Tipo 156 Alfetta1949 Ferrari 166 MM
Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino, Turin, Italy
Visited in 2016
Also known as MAUTO, the National Automobile Museum is one of the major car museums in Europe. It was founded in 1932 and now has over 200 historically interesting automobiles on display in a purpose-built modern building in Turin.
The end of an era
A clever audiovisual display illustrates the end of the ‘Horse and Carriage’ and the beginning of the ‘Horseless Carriage’ at the end of the 19th Century.
The Rolling Sculpture – 1948 Cisitalia
One of the most beautiful automotive creations, the Cisitalia, with a fitting backdrop.
Diatto
Diatto (1905-1927) was built in Turin.
The one that started the French cyclecar rage – the Bédélia
Evidence of the wide variety of cars on display, is this French Bédélia cyclecar. Designed around parts of an old wrecked motorcycle, simplicity itself.
Grand Prix displayFlooring showing the locations of the numerous Carrozzeria in Turin
Turin is famous for being the home of so many coachbuilding firms. All the famous names were established here: Ghia, Bertone, Frua, Boano, and all at close proximity to one another.
Diorama
Interesting dioramas can be seen by looking through holes in a fence in part of the museum.
Address:
Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile
“Avv. Giovanni Agnelli”
Corso Unità d’Italia 40
10126 Torino, Italy
