Stahls Automotive Collection

Stahls Automotive Museum in New Baltimore, Michigan, hosts an extensive collection of 100 vintage cars, housed in a 45,000-square-foot industrial style building. The museum covers the full scope of automobile history, with vehicles manufactured from 1899 to today. 

The majority of cars on display are from the 1930s and 1940s. Rare cars from that period include a 1948 Tucker and a 1934 Duesenberg Model J. There are cars from shuttered manufacturers, including Auburn, Benz, Cord, Dimler, Duesenberg, Hudson, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and Packard. Then there are vintage cars built by existing car companies – Bentley, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Ford, and Rolls-Royce. The collection also includes a few cars built for films, such as The Great Race and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. 

While the main part of the museum focuses on automobiles, there is also a separate music room featuring organs and other automated musical instruments dating from the early 20th century. This small collection includes about twenty instruments. They are turned on at times during the visit to the museum. During your visit, you may occasionally hear bursts of brief, loud performances coming from these amazing pieces of engineering and art.

In addition to the stunning car collection and the musical instruments, there is also a collection of gas pumps, road signs, oil cans and other car-related accessories from the Great Depression era.