Volo Auto Museum facts for kids
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Herbie car on display at Volo Auto Museum, 2017
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| Established | 1960 |
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| Location | 27582 Volo Village Road Volo, Illinois, United States |
The Volo Museum, also known as the Volo Auto Museum, is an exciting place in Volo, Illinois. This town is a suburb of Chicago in the United States. The Grams family started the museum in 1960. It's a unique spot because it's both a museum and a place where you can buy collector cars.
The museum has many different exhibits. You can see classic cars from the 1950s to the 1980s. A big highlight is the collection of over 50 famous cars from TV shows and movies. There are also cars that belonged to famous people. Beyond cars, the museum features cool animatronics from places like ShowBiz Pizza Place. You can also find many displays with characters from Disney and Looney Tunes. The museum is quite large, covering 75 acres, and has five big buildings filled with exhibits.
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What You Can See at Volo Museum
The Volo Museum is famous for its amazing collection of vehicles. Many of these cars are from popular movies and TV shows. Some are the original vehicles, while others are fantastic replicas.
Famous Cars from Movies and TV
- KITT from the Knight Rider TV show
- Super Pursuit KITT, also from Knight Rider
- Ecto-1 from the movie Ghostbusters
- Dominic Toretto's Dodge Charger from The Fast and The Furious
- The Ice Charger from The Fate of the Furious
- The Aston Martin Vanquish from the James Bond film Die Another Day
- The Bluesmobile from The Blues Brothers
- The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard TV show
- A DeLorean replica from Back to the Future
- A Hoverboard replica from Back to the Future Part II
- Eleanor from Gone in 60 Seconds
- The Interceptor from the film Mad Max
- Black Beauty from The Green Hornet
- The Greased Lightning car
- The Hell Cycle from Ghost Rider
- A DRAG-U-LA replica from The Munsters
- The Munster Koach from The Munsters
- Christine from the movie Christine
- A Mystery Machine van replica from Scooby-Doo
- George Barris's Batmobile from the Batman TV series
- The Joker's 18-wheel truck from The Dark Knight
- A Batmobile from Batman
- A Ferrari Daytona replica from Miami Vice
- Bumblebee from the Transformers movie
- The Beverly Hillbillies jalopy
- Arnold's Hearse from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Michael Andretti's Indy 500 race car
- Lightning McQueen from the film Cars
- Mater from the film Cars
- The Super Luxurious Omnidirectional Whatchamajigger from The Cat in the Hat movie
- Speed Racer's Mach 5
- SpongeBob's Boatmobile
- The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' van
- The The Flintstones Flintmobile
- Bugs Bunny's Carrot car
- The Truckasaurus Dinosaur truck
- Cinderella's coach
- Pee Wee Herman's bike from Pee Wee's Great Adventure
- Herbie the Love Bug from Herbie: Fully Loaded
- A tribute to Charlie Chaplin car
- A Roller Skate car
- A Piano car
- The Soul Train car
- A Disney omnibus parade vehicle from Epcot
- The AWVR 777 locomotive cab prop from Unstoppable
- A Fillmore and Western Railway GP35 prop locomotive from Inception
- The Jupiter locomotive and coaches from Disney's The Lone Ranger
- A Wagon Queen Family Truckster replica from National Lampoon's Vacation
Other Cool Exhibits
The museum also has an "Armed Forces Exhibit." This section focuses on military vehicles and history. It was added in the late 2000s.
Some of the "star cars" you see at the museum are actually for sale! This means you could potentially buy a car that looks just like one from your favorite movie.
The Museum's TV Show
The Volo Museum even has its own TV show! It's called Volo, House of Cars and started in 2017 on the History channel.
See also
- Dezerland Park Orlando
