About the museum

The Louwman Museum aims to present the clearest and most fascinating picture possible of what the automobile industry has produced since 1887. Without doubt, the automobile has profoundly changed our world. The automobile is one of the most important inventions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

For this reason, more than 80 years ago, the idea arose within the Louwman family to preserve the highlights of automotive history for future generations. The Louwman Museum dates back to 1934. Since then, the collection has been expanded and refined in stages. The collection now includes over 275 antique and classic automobiles. The collection does not aim to be complete; the industry has produced too many for that. However, with a feeling for historical values, an interesting and balanced collection of automobiles has been assembled, all with the aim of sketching a clear and fascinating picture of the era.

The Louwman Museum was opened by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix on July 2, 2010.