Buffalo, NY, 14203
716-855-1931
URL : http://www.pierce-arrow.com
overview : Here is your chance to learn about Buffalo's transportation history, especially the rich history of the Pierce-Arrow automobile. A visit to this 20,000 sq. foot museum will take visitors back 100 years, to a time when Buffalo was a booming industrial center. On the opening day of the 1901 Pan-Am Exposition, inventor George Pierce drove his Pierce Motorette on to the grounds of the exposition where thousands of people saw it and became interested in this new mode of transportation. Two year's later Pierce introduced the Pierce-Arrow, the luxury car that would make him famous.
collections : This museum has four or five Pierce-Arrows on display at all time, along with other classic cars such as the Buffalo-made Thomas Flyer. Many of the vehicles on display are from the collection of museum founder, James T. Sandoro; other vehicles are on loan from various collectors from across the country. Also on display are other items related to the transportation history of Buffalo including photos, literature, factory items, paintings, china, signs, and other memorabilia.Take a drive down memory lane at this unique museum.
topics : transportation, automotive, inventions
