Vintage Motorcycle Museum (Chehalis, Washington)

Vintage Motorcycle Museum

Established	1979 (1979)
Location	Chehalis, Washington
Coordinates	46°39′56″N 122°58′15″W / 46.6655°N 122.9709°W / 46.6655; -122.9709
Type	Transport museum
Collections	Vintage motorcycles
Owner	Frank and Barbara Mason
Website	antiquemotorcycles.net

The Vintage Motorcycle Museum is a museum in Chehalis, Washington. The collection, founded in 1979 by retired building contractor Frank Mason,^[1] includes pre-1916 motorcycles, photographs and memorabilia.^[2] Mason and his wife Barbara bought and renovated the historic 1889 Washington Hotel building in Chehalis after it burned in 1997, and moved the collection there.^[3]

References

↑ Geoff Hill (June 21, 2006), "Full Speed Ahead into Motorcycle History", The News Letter, Belfast, Northern Ireland: via HighBeam (subscription required)
↑ Vintage Motorcycle Museum, City of Chehalis
↑ Julie McDonald Zander (2011), Chehalis, Arcadia Publishing, pp. 111, 124, ISBN 9780738576039

"Classic motorcycle collections in the Pacific Northwest", Sound Rider!, Winter 2012

External links

Official website

United States motorcycle museums and exhibits
The Art of the Motorcycle Barber Chandler Vintage Museum Motorcycle Hall of Fame Harley-Davidson Museum Kansas Motorcycle Museum Legends of Harley Drag Racing Museum Motorcyclepedia National Motorcycle Museum Smithsonian Solvang Sturgis Vintage Motorcycle Museum
See also: Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling#Museums and exhibitions

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See also: List of museums in Washington and Museums and galleries of Seattle

Coordinates: 46°39′56″N 122°58′15″W / 46.6655°N 122.9709°W / 46.6655; -122.9709

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