Nethercutt Collection & Museum – Retro Car Museum
The Nethercutt Collection & Museum will be appreciated by fans of vintage cars. In one place, near Los Angeles, there is an impressive collection of antique, vintage, classic and postwar cars from the early 20th century. Only about 50 models are on display, but the museum counts 250 cars in its collection. Famous brands such as Ford, Dodge, Chevrolet can be seen among the exhibits, but most of the collection includes more luxury models such as Packard, Bentley, Cadillac, Bugatti, Pierce-Arrow, Lincoln, Duisenberg, Cord, Auburn and several Rolls Royce. All of them are in excellent condition and immaculately cared for, and all cars are on the run, as on the day when they were brought to the museum. A special place in the presented collection belongs to rare automobile emblems, spare parts and accessories, as well as various miniatures of antique vehicles. It was opened in 1971.
Although little known, the museum impresses even indifferent visitors to the automotive industry. The impeccably restored models are masterpieces of technical progress and praise the power of engineering. One can scrutinize every detail of a car forever – they are so unique and inimitable. Not for nothing collectors from all over the world are ready to lay out a tidy sum to get the coveted object of adoration. To be the owner of a vintage car has always been prestigious and epatage.
The museum belongs to a private businessman in the cosmetics industry George Nethercutt. Together with his wife Dorothy, he decided to invest a large sum of money to create one of the finest collections of classic cars in the world. The beginning was in 1950. The museum consists of several buildings, but you will need the help of a guide to get around them all. Visiting hours here are strictly limited and to see more, you need to sign up in advance for a tour with a local guide (Thursday through Saturday, twice a day, at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.).
The museum also offers a look at antique furniture and mechanical musical instruments, such as an organ harness, a mechanical piano and a Wurlitzer organ with five thousand pipes. For admirers of organ music, the museum periodically organizes concerts and silent movie evenings to the accompaniment of the organ.
The final, no less grandiose moment of the museum visit is the early 20th century train, located in the open area of the museum. Anyone can go inside the passenger car and see how the different classes of cars of that time were arranged.
The museum, library, tours and concerts are absolutely free for everyone – just check their schedule and get to the museum.
Address: 15151 Bledsoe St., Sylmar, CA 91342
