Canadian Automotive Museum
The Canadian Automotive Museum is an automobile museum located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum notably features many Canadian-made cars. The automobile industry, specifically the Canadian division of the General Motors, known as General Motors Canada, has been based in Oshawa since the early 20th century.
History
The museum was founded in 1962 by a group of Oshawa businessmen through the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. The venture was initiated mainly to preserve the automotive history of Canada and to present this history in an educational and entertaining manner. Canadian Automotive Museum, Inc. is a charitable corporation and has been in operation since 1963.The museum is housed in a building in downtown Oshawa that was originally the location of Ontario Motor Sales, a local car dealership, in the 1920s. The building maintains its original period architecture right down to the original elevator used to move cars to the second floor.
Vehicles on display
The museum has two floors: the ground floors features foreign cars, while the upstairs features a "Made in Canada" exhibit.Special events
Every September, the museum participates in a classic car rally known as the . It is held at the Cobble Beach Golf Links course overlooking Georgian Bay in Kemble, Ontario. Kemble is located on the Bruce Peninsula in Grey County, north of Owen Sound.Museum affiliations
The museum collaborates regularly with the Oshawa Museum and the city's Parkwood Estate, the home of Samuel McLaughlin.The CAM maintains ties with another Oshawa museum having a similar emphasis on vehicles, the tank museum of the Ontario Regiment of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, Digital Museums Canada, and the Virtual Museum of Canada.