The Collection
Most of the museum's collection was part of the historic company's collection, although vehicles continue to be added from time to time. It includes more than 70 vehicles and numerous photos and displays as well as huge archive of photos and documents not on display. Although the collection focuses on the century-long history of the Studebaker corporation and the wagons, cars, trucks, and military vehicles it produced, the collection also includes a variety of other vehicles and products made locally.
Highlights of the collection include:
- A broad variety of Studebaker production vehicles and concept cars
- Some Packard production and concept cars, reflecting Studebaker's merger with Packard
- The carriage used by President Abraham Lincoln, along with the carriages of several other U.S. presidents and dignitaries
- A Conestoga wagon of the sort used by pioneers to cross the Great Plains
- A 1902 Studebaker Electric
- Studebaker military vehicles built during World War I and World War II
- Several Hummer vehicles including the Humvee, which are manufactured by South Bend-based AM General at its plant in the adjacent city of Mishawaka, Indiana
- A specially-painted Studebaker Champion used in the filming of The Muppet Movie
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