AUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC
EIN 35-1294918 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A500)
What they do
AUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE, INC., DBA THE AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM, AN EDUCATIONAL NONPROFIT 501(C)(3), is AN ART DECO TREASURE, FAITHFULLY PRESENTING ITS ORIGINAL 1930S GRANDEUR - A PLACE WHERE LANDMARK AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION WAS ONCE A DAILY OCCURRENCE. IT is THE ONLY AUTO MUSEUM ANYWHERE OCCUPYING AN AUTO MANUFACTURERS INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. IT INCLUDES THE ACTUAL FACTORY SHOWROOM, DESIGN STUDIOS and ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES of AN AMERICAN THOROUGHBRED AUTO MAKER. IN THE MUSEUM BUILDING, THE DESIGNERS, INNOVATORS and ENGINEERS WORKED. IT is NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT AS ONE of THE FEW REMAINING EXAMPLES of AN INDEPENDENT SPECIALTY AUTOMOBILE COMPANY THAT MADE HAND-ASSEMBLED RATHER THAN MASS-PRODUCED AUTOMOBILES. SINCE THEIR INCEPTION, AUTOMOBILES DESIGNED and BUILT HERE ARE HIGHLY PRIZED AROUND THE WORLD. THE MUSEUM NOT ONLY HONORS THREE EXTRAORDINARY MOTORCARS FROM AMERICAS AUTOMOTIVE GOLDEN AGE - THE AUBURN, CORD and DUESENBERG - BUT ALSO DOZENS of OTHER
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1973
- Location
- 1600 WAYNE ST, AUBURN, IN 46706-3509
- County
- DeKalb
- In care of
- BRANDON J ANDERSON