Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection facts for kids
The Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection was a special museum in North Miami, Florida. It showed off many cool cars and items collected by Michael Dezer. This museum has now closed. Its amazing collection is moving to Orlando, Florida, where it will open again as the Orlando Auto Museum.
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What Was Inside the Museum?
The museum was set up in two big buildings. Each building had a different theme. One building was called the Hollywood Collection. The other was the Classic Car Collection.
The Hollywood Collection
This part of the museum was super exciting for movie fans! It showed cars and vehicles that were used in famous movies. You could also see cars that belonged to movie stars. A big highlight was the collection of cars from James Bond movies. There were also several cool Batman cars.
The Classic Car Collection
The other building held the Classic Car Collection. Here, you could see many different types of vehicles. It included classic American and European cars. There were also tiny micro-cars. You could find military vehicles, motorcycles, and scooters. Even bicycles were on display! The museum had over 250,000 square feet of space. This was enough room to show more than 1,000 vehicles at once.
Famous Cars You Could See
The museum had many iconic vehicles from movies and TV shows. Imagine seeing cars you've only seen on screen!
Cars from Movies
- The 1948 Ford from the movie Grease.
- A replica of the 1959 Cadillac from Ghostbusters.
- The 1981 DeLorean from Back to the Future.
- An original Batmobile!
- The Land Rover from the James Bond movie Skyfall.
- A T-55 Soviet tank from the James Bond movie GoldenEye.
Unique Vehicles
In 2011, the museum got a very special car. It was the original Pursuit Special. This car was driven by Max Rockatansky in the movies Mad Max and Mad Max 2.
How the Collection Started
The amazing collection began with Michael Dezer. He is a real estate developer born in Israel. When he was 16, he got a Vespa scooter. This started his passion for collecting vehicles. The museum grew from his personal collection. It officially opened its doors in 2012. The collection also included cars from the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum. This museum was bought from England.
