california automobile museum

This great collection is extremely diverse and gives you s sense of what was available to the average Joe all the way to the extravagant. A great picture of car design and ownership since the Model A!

The CAM not only houses some excellent examples of automotive history, but the docents who lead the narrated tours are outstanding in their knowledge and interpretation of the stories behind the autos advancement in our society. A guided tour is not to be missed!

A great place for nostalgia . Immaculately kept cars of all vintages and styles . Large warehouse building with hundreds of drool worthy prime vehicles . A small selection even for sale ! Great gift shop too . Hard not to like this place .

If you like cars then this the place for you! I truly enjoyed my time here. You can see the development of the automobile from its humble beginning of the Ford Quadricyle to a new exhibit of electric cars.There are too many cars to mention. A few that are worth mentioning include a 49 Volkswagen, a 54 Corvette, a 302 Boss Mustang and the most unique RV called a Star Streak which is still operational. The museum is easy to get to, but the parking lot was nearly filled when I got there after 12 pm. If you're in Old Sacramento it's close by. If you're a AAA member it's $7.00 otherwise it's $10.00. Still a good price for a few hours (or more) of automotive bliss!I would go back again!

We arrived on a rainy day looking for something to do out of the weather. There are some amazing cars on display but the roof was leaking in no fewer than 20 places and in some cases the water was running down the interior walls. Water was dripping around, on and inside many fantastic old cars and only a few had someone bothered to tarp. Buckets were everywhere.Many of these cars are on loan. I'm sure the owners would not be pleased to see how dilapidated the housing had became and how the cars were being exposed to the elements. I understand rain is not an everyday occurrence in this part of the country but at $8 per head admission, they need to invest in roof repairs.

We found it quite hard to find, but it was well worth the effort. We took loads of photographs of some beautiful cars. The staff are very knowledgeable and friendly - one of them even gave us a lift back to old Sac! I'm not particularly interested in cars, but even I was impressed.

if you love cars and automobile history, this is the place. What's nice is that not every car is a show winner, yet, there are cars you will be surprised to see, or have maybe never heard of. They even have the Governer's car, Jerry brown that is, from his first term in the seventies. It's a four door land yacht! There are a few motorcycles, imports, and some very well done dioramas that serve as backdrop to their fine collection.

This is a very good automobile museum with many significant vehicles and special rotating exhibits. I wasn't expecting much when I arrived but was pleasantly surprised by what as there and the knowledge of the docents. We weren't planning on having a guided tour but I'm so glad we changed our minds and enlisted the help of docent Bob Daloia. He was excellent - not only did he know a lot about the vehicles and the history of the automobiles there, he was also interesting and very pleasant. Just an overall wonderful man who made our visit so much more enjoyable. This is not a polished and buffed, perfect museum but it has very presentable and significant cars in an very good condition displayed in an authentic and unpretentious warehouse style environment. The price of admission is very very reasonable considering all they have and the training and knowledge of their docents. If Bob Daloia is there when you visit, be sure to ask for him!

This place is HUGE and a must see if you enjoy car show. They have everything from Model T's to modern day. We visited during a special display of exotic cars - Ferrari, Lamborghini and more! Having worked for Bank of America for 30+ years, I was delighted to see the founder, AP Gianini's car right after entering the building. Great display of early vehicles, including motorcycles. Brought back some wonderful memories of my childhood and the cars my parents and grandparents drove. Highly recommend this one. Also suggest dressing warmly during winter months as it was quite cold inside the building, gloves too.

Great museum - well laid out to tell the story chronologically, and the exhibits are plentiful in number, wide ranging and superbly looked after. We took up the offer a free guided tour from one of the several volunteers on site, and it was excellent - informative, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and obviously enjoying his day - so ask for Rick. Highly recommended for anyone who likes to see an old car being cherished, never mind the petrol heads.

Went here as my husband loves his cars. He found 3 rare beauties not seen in Australian car museums- Ford GT, 2 Model K Fords. Worth a visit, we spent 2 hrs

my husband and I stopped here on our way south and my husband really enjoyed the museum. He had a volunteer who went through the car collection with him and gave him lots of history about the car. The cars are laid out well starting with older to newer as well as unique ones for example racing cars and electric cars. you can see pictures on my blog rauhala ramblers sharonr1947.blogspot.com

We really enjoyed touring this Museum. They had a lot of cars to look at and the people working there were very friendly. They even have a group of cars on display for sale. My husband found one that he fell in love with. All the automobiles on display were absolutely amazing with information written out about each of them. We would definitely recommend seeing this Museum if your in the area.

I was bored on my afternoon off and looked on trip advisor to see what was in the area, California Automobile Museum popped up. Not knowing a whole lot about cars but love to learn-I thought "what the heck". :-)I entered thru the door, it's a big warehouse but I was immediately greeted by volunteer staff. Friendly volunteer staff. As I was reading about one of the owners of the first car on display-Neil, a volunteer, approached me and stated educating me about the founder of Bank of America. It went on from there-he guided me thru the museum. Explaining things about the transformation of automobiles. When they came into production, brief history about the makers, what was improved to the vehicle, what was altered or taken away. Very informed guy and clearly loves the history of automobiles.Very enjoyable experience. Neil was awesome. I recommend a visit to anyone in the area looking for something to do.

I'm sure this might be a great place but unfortunateky when I got there it was 4 PM (closes at 6PM) and there was a golden retriever rescue fund raiser going on at 6PM. What this meant was the vendors were already setting up so most of the exhibits were blocked, the ones you could see didn't all have the correct signs in front of them describing the vehicle or it had the wrong one. Very disapointed they actually charged admission to an exhibit you couldn't see; at least could've had a reduced rate.