Volo Auto Museum facts for kids
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Herbie car on display at Polo Auto Museum, 2017
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| Established | 1960 |
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| Location | 27582 Volo Village Road Volo, Illinois, United States |
Welcome to the Volo Museum! It's a super cool place in Volo, Illinois, near Chicago, where you can see amazing cars. The Grams family started it way back in 1960. It used to be called the Volo Auto Museum, but now it's just the Volo Museum.
This museum is special because it's not just a place to look at cars. It's also a place where you can buy some of the awesome vehicles on display! You'll find all kinds of cars, from old-school classics to more modern ones. The museum really loves American cars from the 1950s to the 1980s.
But wait, there's more! The Volo Museum has over 50 famous cars from TV shows and movies. Imagine seeing the actual cars driven by your favorite characters! They also have cars that belonged to famous people. Plus, there's a huge, one-of-a-kind display of characters from Disney and Looney Tunes.
The museum is huge, spread out over 75 acres with five big buildings full of exhibits. One of the cool exhibits is the "Armed Forces Exhibit," which shows off military vehicles and items. You can also explore four antique malls on the museum grounds. One of these old shops even has some interesting ghost stories! The museum even had its own TV show called Volo, House of Cars on the History channel, starting in 2017.
Awesome Cars from Movies and TV
The Volo Museum is famous for its collection of cars from your favorite movies and TV shows. Some of these are the actual cars used in filming, while others are amazing replicas that look just like the real thing! Get ready to see some iconic rides:
- KITT from the Knight Rider TV show
- Super Pursuit KITT, also from Knight Rider
- Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters
- The death car from the Bonnie and Clyde movie
- Paul Walker's Subaru from Furious 7
- Nostromo Survey Buggy from the film Alien
- Aston Martin Vanquish from the James Bond movie Die Another Day
- Bluesmobile from The Blues Brothers
- The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard TV show
- A replica DeLorean from Back to the Future
- A replica hoverboard from Back to the Future Part II
- Eleanor Mustang from the film Gone In 60 Seconds
- Interceptor from the film Mad Max
- Black Beauty from Green Hornet
- Greased Lightning car
- Ghost Rider motorcycle
- A replica DRAG-U-LA from The Munsters
- The Munsters' Koach from The Munsters
- Christine from Christine
- A replica Mystery Machine van from Scooby-Doo
- The real George Barris Batmobile from TV's Batman
- The 18-wheel tractor-trailer driven by the Joker in The Dark Knight (it says "(S)Laughter is the best medicine"!)
- The 1989 Batmobile
- The original Ferrari Daytona replica driven by Don Johnson in Miami Vice
- Bumblebee from the Transformers movie
- The Beverly Hillbillies jalopy
- Arnold's Hearse from the film Terminator 3
- 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 Mike Meyers Cat in the Hat movie
- Speed Racer's Mach 5
- SpongeBob's boatmobile
- Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles' van
- Flintstonemobile
- Bugs Buggy Karrot car
- Truckasaurus Dinosaur truck
- Cinderella's coach
- Pee Wee Herman's bike from the film Pee Wee's Great Adventure
- Herbie the Love Bug from the film Herbie: Fully Loaded
- Tribute to Charlie Chaplin car
- Roller Skate car
- Piano car
- Soul Train car
- A prop locomotive from Fillmore and Western Railway built on a semi-truck for the movie Inception
- Jupiter locomotive and coaches from Disney's The Lone Ranger
- A prop AWVR 777 cab from the movie Unstoppable
Some of these amazing "star cars" can even be bought if you're looking for a truly unique ride!
