Nethercutt Museum

Nethercutt Collection Tours. 1,365 likes 5 talking about this 5,249 were here. Battle cats pc hack. Magnificent vintage automobile and musical instrument museum. Sins of a dark ages 2. Free admission and free parking. THE NETHERCUTT MUSEUM. The Nethercutt Museum showcases more than 130 of the world’s greatest antique, vintage, classic and special interest automobiles including many top winners of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

Started in the 50's by the owners of, the Collection began with one car, restored by J.B. Nethercutt himself. The 1930 DuPont Model G won the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, which isn't a bad way to start.The Nethercutt consists of two parts.

The more obvious half, the Museum, features mostly cars from the '30s and before. Row upon row of beautifully restored cars, most of which have names forgotten in the modern era.

A few - Fords, Dodge Brothers, Cadillacs, and Rolls - speak familiar names.Out back, a steam locomotive and single train car sit partially covered by an awning. They look like they match, even though the engine is several decades younger. The Pullman railcar was custom-built for the daughter of.

It shows the elegance and extravagance of 100 years ago, much as do today.Geoffrey Morrison/CNETAcross the street, however, is the even more impressive Collection. An oddly-shaped industrial-looking building with no windows, it belies the splendor within. Stepping through a lavish entryway, a dozen or so immaculate classic cars sit on polished marble floors, under three-story high ceilings and brilliant chandeliers. The interior is so incongruous to the building and location that your jaw can't help but drop.

Nethercutt began his collection of automobiles in 1956, with thepurchase of two antiques, a 1936 Duesenberg Convertible Roadster for$5,000 and a 1930 DuPont Town Car for $500. Nethercutt refurbished theantique cars and entered them in the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in1958. The DuPont won the coveted 'Best in Show' award.Through the rest of his life, Nethercutt continued to collect andrefurbish antique automobiles, and in 1971 he and his wife opened theircollection to the public, to view for free. This may be the most phenomenal car collection in the entire country, and it's all free.

The 'tour' of the Collection Building isn't so much a tour as a supervised viewing: you're brought into a room full of gorgeous vehicles and asked not to touch them. I only had time to look at about half of them before we moved on to the next floor, and the next, and the next. (The top floor isn't cars but some amazing musical automata; the mezzanine is mainly hood ornaments.) Across the street is the Museum building, where most of the collection is on display.

Beautiful cars, but sadly the light isn't very good for photography and the cars are roped off so you can't appreciate them from every angle.