Chrysler Reopens Classic Car Museum in Auburn Hills

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will reopen the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in June.

Located on the carmaker’s Auburn Hills, Mich., campus, the 55,000-sq-ft facility was launched in 1999. FCA shuttered the center at the end of 2012 because of financial constraints.

The museum will showcase a rotating exhibit of 65 cars from a collection of more than 300 antique, custom and concept vehicles from the carmaker’s Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep and Ram brands. Models from discontinued marques such as Hudson, Imperial, Plymouth and Rambler also will be displayed.

The three-floor museum includes a two-story atrium with a rotating tower that houses several of Chrysler’s iconic concept vehicles. The floors are split into two exhibition galleries, with a garage-like area on the lower level that features Dodge and Plymouth muscle cars from the ’60s and ’70s.

The newest model on display is the 1997 Dodge Dakota Sidewinder coupe concept car. The oldest are a 1902 Rambler from the Thomas B. Jeffery Co. and a 1909 Hudson from the Hudson Motor Co. The two companies eventually became American Motors Corp., which was acquired by the former Chrysler Corp. in the late 1980s.

The Chrysler museum will be open two weekends per month January through November and one weekend in December. The facility also can be rented for private events. Admission is $10 for adults.