Mon 16 Jul 2012
Just recently with my dad we saw lot of great things. (see previous post) I kept this visit as a separate post since it is something I had personally not seen and it is definitely worth a bit more detail.
In 2010, a local individual, Andreas Ugland (who apparently is a really nice fellow) opened up the Cayman Motor Museum.
The museum is located in West Bay, just past the Turtle farm in a dedicated building. Here is the spot. Nicely done in my opinion.
To be honest, I had seen a few pictures of the place, but did not really know what to expect. I was delightfully surprised! This is what you see when you first enter the “room” where the cars are located. Needless to say, for a small island like Cayman, the collection (and what you see below is only +-1/2 of it) is quite impressive. There are many Ferrari’s (essentially all the red ones on the left and 1/2 of those in the right)
Here is one of the Ferrari’s. Each car has an explanation as well as some history about the specific unit when relevant. The fact sheet also gives the original price tag for that model. Makes for interesting reading.
For those more into “old school” cars, there is a whole section of Rolls Royce and the likes. I’m more into the Ferrari type rides, but I still found it very interesting.
If you are in Cayman and like cars, this place is definitely worth a stop. We read pretty much every car information sheet and spent +-90 minutes in there.
Here is a link to their website:
http://www.caymanmotormuseum.com
How ironic you should feature this in your blog! We are returning to Cayman next week for vacation and my husband mentioned wanting to see the auto museum but wasn’t sure it was worth the trip. Thanks to you, we will definitely make a morning of it. He is a former Ferrari owner, so this is something to look forward to.
Salut Micho, d’ou elles viennent les bagnoles? Le proprio est collectionneur? c’est beaucoup de ferrari pour une si petite ile ;))
Bon nevermind toute l’histoire est sur son site 😉
@Lisa: Great. I am sure you will both enjoy it.
@Pat: En effet, toute une collection pour une si petite ile. Si elles roulaient pour de vrai, ca serait 1ere et 2e vitesse seulement 🙂
Ils me font rire avec la batmobile, on dirait que tous les musées d’auto en ont! J’étais aller voir celui de LA et il y en avait une!