Mullin Automotive Museum
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Sadly the great Mullin Museum now is closed forever, I am here to welcome you to the legacy of one of the greatest collections of classic cars ever made.
The first Mullin Automotive Museum opened in California in 2010. It houses the private car collection of businessman and philanthropist Peter W. Mullin. The museum aims to provide visitors with a greater understanding of the development of automotive design in Europe in the early 20th century. The full collection includes several hundred cars, including the most comprehensive selection of early 20th century Bugattis.
The Mullin Automotive Museum was a privately owned automobile museum in Oxnard, California, US. Established in 2010, it displayed the personal car collection of businessman and philanthropist Peter W. Mullin. The museum had a large collection of vintage Bugattis, and many of the cars were fully restored and able to be driven. After founder’s death in September 2023, the museum closed on February 10, 2024.
The museum was housed in the building formerly occupied by the Chandler Vintage Museum of Transportation and Wildlife. The 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m2) building was remodeled to be more energy efficient by American architect David Randall Hertz, making use of solar panels and reflective roofing to reduce heat, yet incorporating elements that retain the Art Deco style and motifs in order to match the era of the cars, many of which were made by French manufacturers in the 1920s and 1930s.
Although it is primarily known for its selection of classic French automobiles and grand prix race cars, the Mullin also housed a collection of Art-Deco furniture and contemporary paintings and sculpture, including works by Charles Arnoldi, Ben Abril, and Sigrid Burton.
A Gift To The Nation
“I turned 82 in January 2023. I have made a 30-year commitment to this project. By any definition that is a legacy – not a business enterprise. I regard myself as a custodian – not a collector. My aim is always to illuminate, innovate and educate.
My particular passion for the automobile is not about top speed or horsepower, but about the extraordinary impact that the car has had on mankind; the mobility, the ingenious design, the engineering and the beauty of art in motion.
By any conventional measure this will not just be another car museum. In the 6,000+ years of recorded human history, we have had the automobile for just 133 years, since 1890. Our great grandchildren will probably never drive a motor car - at least not as we know it. Instead, they will travel in secure autonomous pods controlled by a computer.
The wonder and awe of the automobile – that today we may take for granted – will be an experience they will only ever be able to share by coming to a destination like The Mullin.”
Peter Mullin
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From 1800 to 1913
1800s Kellner Carriage | 1800s Million-Guilt Phaeton Carriage | 1890s Renault Carriage 'Victoria Park' |
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1902 Pandhard & Levassor Type B1 | 1905 RIchard-Brasier Type D | 1910 Renault Type CB Landaulet |
1911 Hispano-Suiza Type 45CR King Alfonso XIII | 1911 Panhard et Levassor X17 Sedanca de Ville | 1912 Delaunay Belleville Omnibus |
1913 Peugeot Model BP1 Bebe |
From 1919 to 1926
1919 Vosin Type C1 Limousine | 1922 Bugatti Type 23 Brescia | 1922 Hispano Suiza Type H6B Skiff Torpedo |
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1922 Renault Phaeton Landaulet Type JV | 1922 Voisin Type C3 S Grand Prix | 1923 Voisin Type C3 L Limousine |
1924 Bucciali B6-C24 BUC | 1923 Voisin Type C6 Laboratoire | 1925 Bugatti Type 35C Grand Prix |
1926 Bugatti Type 37A Grand Prix |
From 1927 to 1931
1927 Bugatti Type 52 Baby | 1927 Delage ERA | 1928 Bugatti Type 43-44 Grand Sport |
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1928 Lorraine-Dietrich Type B3-6 | 1928 Renault Type MC Tourer | 1928 Voisin Type C11 Chasserons |
1928 Voisin Type C14 Chartreuse | 1929 Subeam-Talbot-Darraq Type M-75 | 1930 Bugatti Carriage |
1930 Bugatti Cart | 1930 Bugatti T46 Cabriolet | 1930 G.A.R. Type B5 Roadster |
1931 Bugatti Type 40A | 1931 Bugatti Type 50 S | 1931 Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix |
1931 Bugatti Type 54 |
From 1933 to 1937
1933 Tracta Type D2 Faux Cabriolet | 1936 Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux | 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic |
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1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Competition Roadster | 1936 Delahaye Type 135CS Grand Prix | 1936 Talbot-Lago Type 26-SS |
1937 Auto Union W25K Roadster Wanderer | 1937 Delage D8-120 | 1937 Delahaye Type 145 |
1937 Delahaye Type 145 Coupé | 1937 Hispano-Suiza Type K6 Break de Chasse | 1937 Talbot Lago T150CS |
From 1938 to 1946
1938 Delahaye T135M | 1938 Delahaye Type 145 Coupé | 1938 Voisin Type C30 Goëlette Cabirolet |
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1939 Bugatti 57C Atalante | 1939 Delahaye Type 165 | 1939 Voisin Type C30S Coupé |
1946 Delage D6-3L |
From 1948 to 1951
1948 Talbot-Lago Type 26-GS | 1949 Delahaye Type 135 MS | 1950 Talbot-Lago Type 26GP |
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1951 Bugatti Type 101C | 1951 Delahaye 235 Roadster | 1951 Talbot-Lago Type 26-GS |