Emirates National Auto Museum
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Giant globe caravan at the museum
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Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan with the largest model of a Willys jeep, 2009
The Emirates National Auto Museum[1] is a national automobile museum in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[2]
The museum is located in Al Dhafra[3] about 45 kilometres south of the city of Abu Dhabi.[4] The museum has a collection of around 200 cars belonging to Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan in a pyramid building.[5][6][7]
The collection includes off-road vehicles, classic American cars, a Mercedes "rainbow" collection of different coloured cars,[6] an 1885 steam-powered Mercedes, and the world's largest truck. It has been featured on the BBC television programme Top Gear.
References[]
- ^ "Emirates National Auto Museum | Visit Abu Dhabi".
- ^ "Emirates Visa Online (Ab Dhabi) – Timing, Entry Fees". 5 March 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Emirates National Auto Museum". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Emirates National Auto Museum". visitabudhabi.ae. UAE. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Emirates National Auto Museum". www.atlasobscura.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ a b Schrodt, Paul (18 October 2018). "Largest Truck and Once Carved His Name Into His Own Private Island". Money. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ Petrány, Máté (8 January 2019). "Inside the Rainbow Sheikh's Surreal Car Pyramid". Road & Track. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
External links[]
Media related to Emirates National Auto Museum at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Museums in Abu Dhabi
- Automobile museums in the United Arab Emirates
- National museums of the United Arab Emirates
- Asian museum stubs
- United Arab Emirates building and structure stubs