Rolls-Royce Museum

The Rolls-Royce Museum is a privately owned automobile museum in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria. Established in 1982, and officially opened to the public in 1999, it has been said to have the world's largest collection of Rolls-Royce cars.[1]

Rolls-Royce Museum
Location within Austria
Established1999 (1999)
Location
  • Gütle 11a
  • 6850 Dornbirn
  • Austria
Coordinates47°23′26″N 09°46′37″E
TypeAutomobile museum
Collection size70 cars, over 1000 items
DirectorJohannes Vonier
WebsiteRolls-Royce Museum

The museum was originally housed in a former textile factory owned by F. M. Hämmerle.[2] In 2017, the museum's founder, Franz Vonier, died, and the local city and state decided to cease subsidising the museum's rent payments. The founder's successors, Bernhard and Johannes Vonier, therefore moved the museum to a smaller building nearby that they owned themselves.[3]

With less space available in the smaller building, the museum now focuses on its more special exhibits, and plans to present a new theme each year.[4] The museum's permanent collection is made up of over 1,000 objects,[5] including around 70 cars.[6]

Highlights from the permanent exhibition include:[7]

See also
  • List of automobile museums

References
  1. "FIA Heritage Museums: Historic Vehicles around the World". Fiaheritagemuseums.com. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. Hagen, Josef (14 August 2013). "Rolls-Royce-Museum will bleiben" [Rolls-Royce Museum wants to stay]. Vorarlberger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  3. "HA" (6 December 2017). "Rolls-Royce-Museum auf neuen Wegen" [Rolls-Royce Museum on a new path]. Vorarlberger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. "HA" (22 May 2018). "Rolls-Royce-Museum auf neuen Wegen" [Rolls-Royce Museum on a new path]. Vorarlberger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. "Vonier Rolls Royce Museum". FIA Heritage Museums. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  6. Arnold, Kathy (9 May 2013). "Bregenz, Austria: a cultural city guide". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  7. Wade, Paul (5 February 2016). "Rolls-Royce Museum, Austria: Tales of the Unexpected". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

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