Southward Car Museum

The Southward Car Museum houses a collection of over 350 vehicles, as well as three aircraft and various other exhibits including motorcycles, bicycles, fire engine etc. The car museum\'s collection includes Marlene Dietrich\'s 1934 Cadillac Town Cabriolet, a 1915 Stutz Indianapolis race car, gull-winged Mercedes-Benz, a 1950 Cadillac \"gangster special\" that belonged to gansgter Mickey Cohen, and an 1895 Benz Velo, imported to New Zealand in 1900. The car museum is a purpose-built building, featuring a 6000 square metre exhibition hall, engineering workshop, gift shop, and Cafe/Restaurant, and is set in six hectares of park-like grounds.The museum building also includes a 474-seat theatre, and features a 1929 Wurtlitzer theatre organ, which was originally installed in the Civic Theatre in Auckland. Enjoy a day relaxing with a visit to the museum!
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