Bicycles Museums
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Africa
East Africa Railway Museum, Nairobi, Kenya. Photo archive includes images of early use of bicycles.
National Museum, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. One very interesting handmade wood, wire and cord bicycle in the collection.
National Archives, Harare, Zimbabwe. Photo archive includes images of early use of bicycles. In America (Central & South)
Asociacion de Bicicletas Clasicas (Classic Bicycle Association). Email: oldbicycle53@yahoo.com.ar
Transportation History Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Email: museoyacanto@yahoo.com
America (USA & Canada)
Alamo Classic Car Showcase & Museum 6401 S Interstate 35, New Braunfels, TX 78132. Tel: 210-606-4311..Fax: 210-620-4387. Includes a few bicycles.
Bicycle Museum of America 7 West Monroe Street, New Bremen, Ohio 45869. Tel: 419-629-9249. Fax: 419-629-3256
Bicycle Pavilion 8 Railroad Street, Hadley, MA 01035. Tel: 413-587-3700 / 888-477-BIKE. Email: bdelson@massmed.org
Burgwardt Bicycle Museum 3943 North Buffalo Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127-1841. Tel. (716) 662 - 3853. Email: bicyclemus@aol.com
Cap's Bicycle Collection 420 E Columbia St., New Westminster, BC Canada. Email: caps_bicycle@mindlink.bc.ca
Carillon Historical Park 2001 S Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH. Tel:513-293-2841. Reproduction of the Wright Cycle Shop.
Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum 10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106. Tel: 216- 721-5722. Fax: 216-721-0645
Elliott Museum 825 NE Ocean Blvd., Hutchinson Is., Stuart, FL, 34996-1696. Tel: 407-225-1961. Include bicycle exhibit.
First Flight Bicycles Museum and Bicycle History 216 S. Center St Statesville, NC 28677. Tel: 704.878.9683. jeff@firstflightbikes.com
Forney Transportation Museum 1416 Platte Street, Denver, CO 80202. Includes a few bicycles.
Franklin Institute Science Museum 20th and Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Tel:215-448-1200.
Golden Oldy Cyclery Golden CO 80401. Email: oldbike2@comcast.net. Pre 1900 bikes and accessories, and Victorian bike literature and bicycle poetry of the 1800s.
Hartung's Automotive Museum 3623 W Lake St., Glenview, IL 60025. Tel: 847-724-4354. Includes 75 bicycles.
Henry Ford Museum 20900 Oakwood Boulevard, P.O. Box 1970, Dearborn, MI 48121-1970. Tel: 1-800 TELL-A-FRiend or 313-271-1620. TTY: 313-271-2455. Email: info@hfmgv.org
Metz Museum 54 West Main Street ( Rear Building), Freehold, New Jersey 07728. Tel: 732-462-7363. Fax 732-845-4611.
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame & Museum PO Box 1961, Crested Butte, CO 81224. Tel: 303-349-7280. Small and interesting.
Museum of Science and Industry 57th St. and Lakeshore Dr., Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: 312-684-1414.
New York Museum of Transportation PO Box 136, West Henrietta, NY 14586. Tel: 716-533-1113.
Owl Head Transportation Museum Route 73, Owls Head, ME 04854. Tel: 207-594-4418. Fax: 207-594-4410. 14 bicycles from ca. 1868 to 1935.
Pedaling History Bicycle Museum 3943 North Buffalo Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127-1841. Near Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Tel: 716-662-3853. Email: bicyclemus@aol.com
Poll's Museum of Transportation 1715 104th Ave., Zeeland, MI 49464-1403. Tel: 616-399-1955. Includes an exhibit of bicycles.
National Museum of Science & Techology (English) Musee national des sciences et de la technologie (francais) Lancaster Road, Ottawa, Ontario Canada. Tel: 613-991-3044. TTY: 613-991-9207. Email: scitech@istar.ca
Pryor Dodge Collection Traveling collection, see website for schedule. Pryor also has assembled a beautiful book documenting his collection and the history of the bicycle. Click for more information on Pryor Dodge's book.
Smithsonian Road Transport Exhibit National Museum of America History (First Floor), Smithsonian Institution, Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20004. Email: webmaster@si.edu . Bicycles on exhibit dating from 1819 to 1989.
Wheelsmith 225 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301. Tel: 415-324-0510. A store and exhibit. In Asia and the Pacific
England, Scotland & Ireland
Alex Brown Museum of Scottish Cycling Drumlanrig Castle, Drumlanrig, N. Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway
Brooklands Museum Weybridge Surrey. Some cycles.
Mark Hall Cycle Museum Muskham Rd, Harlow, Essex CM20 2LF. Tel: 44 1279 439 680
Museum of British Road Transport St. Agnes Ln, Hale St., Coventry, West Midlands CV1 1PN. Tel: +44 1203 832 425. Fax: +44 1203 832 465. Email: motor@discover.co.uk . 200 cycles.
Museum of Historic Cycling The Old Station, Camelford, Cornwall PL32 9TZ. Tel: 44 1840 212 811
Museum of Irish Transport Scotts Hotel Gardens, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Tel: 064-32638
Museum of Transport Kelvin Hall, 1 Bunhouse Rd, Glasgow G3 8DP. Tel:44 141 331-1854. Fax: 44 141 3577 5849
National Cycle Museum The Automobile Palace, Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 5DL, Mid Wales. Tel / Fax: +44(0)1597-825531. Email: cycle.museum@care4free.net
National Cycling Archive Modern Record Centre, Univ. Library, Univ. of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
National Museum of Scotland Chambers St., Edinburgh EH1 1JF. Tel: 44 131 2257534. Fax: 44 131 226-5949
Pinkerton Cycle Collection Manchester Velodrome, Manchester and Victorian Village, Ironbridge, Telford, Staffordshire. Tel: 44 121 350-0685
Science Museum Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD. Tel: 44 171 938-8000. Fax: 44 -938-8118
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, 153 Bangor Road, Cultra, Holywood, Co Down, Northern Ireland BT18 0EU. Tel: +44 (0)28 9042 8428. Fax: +44 (0)28 9042 8728. Email: uftm@talk21.com
Mainland Europe
Autoworld Parc du Cinquantenaire 11, Brussels B1040, Belgium. Tel: 32-2-736-41-65. Fax: 32-2-736-51-36. Some pedal powered items.
Cykel Museum Borgergade 10, DK-9620, Aalestrup, Denmark. Tel: 45-9864-1960.
Cykelhistoriska Föreningen (Club) Box 3481, 10369 Stockholm, Sweden
Dansk Cykel & Knallert Museum DCM's Venner, Godthåbsvej 247, 2720 Vanløse. Tel: 31 87 14 23. Fax: 31 87 14 23.
Deutschlands großes Fahrrad- und Kleinmotorrad-Museum Schönhofen bei Regensburg
Deutsches Zweirad Museum Urbanstrasse 11, 7107, Neckarsulm, Germany. Tel: 07132 35271. Bicycle and motorcycle museum.
Fahrradsammler
Festung Ehrenbreitstein (Fortress Ehrenbreitstein) opposite Koblenz, Germany, houses another bicycle museum
Museum of Sport and Bicycling 118 Ave. President Kennedy, 75775 Paris, CEDEX 16, France.
National Fietsmuseum Velorama Waalkade 107, 6511 XR Nijmegen (Gelderland), Netherlands. Tel: 31-24-3604970..Fax: 31-24-3607177. A favorite of cyclists.
Radmuseum Altmünster am Traunsee Altmünster am Traunsee in Oberösterreich
Zweiradmuseum Havel-Auen-Werder Werder, Havel-Auen, bei Berlin Online
Antilope's Geschiedenis illustrations relating to the history of bicycle producer Antilope, NL.
Batavus History Tour (click "Historie" on drop down menu) A history of the Batavus bike company. (in Dutch)
Bik Museum - WWW Bicycle Guide, Taiwan
BikeIcons -
BMX Museum Lists the many types of bikes, made for BMX throughout the years.
Campagnolo History History of the prestigious bicycle manufacturing company
Dutch Bicycle Industry Development
Franklin Institute Online (Philadelphia) Search for "bicycle"
National Museum of Science & Techology Ottawa, ON Canada
Sidecar Museum (Italy) The history of sidecars, including early sidecars for bicycles
Taiwan Bicycle Industry History
Walter Ruett A site dedicated to the turn of the century (1900s) champion. Related Sites
Chronology of the Growth of Bicycling in the USA
National Bicycle History Archive of America
Rideable Bicycle Replicas Makes replicas of historic bikes for sale. 2329 Eagle Ave, Alameda, CA 94501. Tel: 510-769-0980. Fax: 510-521-7145. Email: hiwheel@barrongroup.com
The Wheelmen - "Dedicated To The Enjoyment And Preservation Of Our Bicycling Heritage."
Others
Canberra Bicycle Museum Canberra Tradesmen's Union Club, 2 Badham St., PO Box 498, Dickson ACT 2602 Australia. Tel: (06) 2471363. Fax:(06) 2305298. E-mail: email@canberrabicyclemuseum.com.au
Japanese Bicycle Culture Centers Jitenshakaikan No. 3, 1-9-3 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107, Japan
Japanese Bicycle History Research Club
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