Mount Dora Museum of Speed

The Mount Dora Museum of Speed was located in Mount Dora, Florida in Lake County, Florida. Exhibits included American muscle cars, automobile memorabilia and an Americana collection.[1]

Opened in 2001, the 7,000-square-foot showroom was both a dealer showroom for classic cars and a museum with changing exhibits. In addition to rare cars, displays included quarter midget race cars, pedal cars, a 1940s Texaco gas station, vintage road signs, juke boxes, Coca-Cola machines, gas pumps, neon signs, electric guitars autographed by rock musicians including Aerosmith, Jon Bon Jovi and Stevie Ray Vaughan, autographed television memorabilia and more.[2][3][4][5][6]

The Orlando Sentinel described the museum as: "Housed in a replica Art Deco building, the attraction is an ode to antique Americana, from cars and musical instruments to signs and military artifacts."[7]

The museum closed in November 2019, selling all exhibits, due to the owners retirement.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Orlando Sentinel Live: Throwback Thursday at Mount Dora Museum of Speed". Orlando Sentinel. April 10, 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. "Mount Dora Museum of Speed". Lake County, Florida. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. "David Does It: Museum of Speed in Mount Dora". My Fox Orlando. July 16, 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. "09-23-13 Mount Dora Museum of Speed". Flicker. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. "Mt Dora Museum of Speed". Classic Velocity. May 10, 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  6. "Mount Dora". Orlando Magazine. January 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  7. Jon Busdeker (April 10, 2014). "Orlando Sentinel Live: Throwback Thursday at Mount Dora Museum of Speed".
  8. "Museum Of Speed | Classic Dreamcars". classicdreamcars.com. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
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