A spectacular collection accessible for everyone

Ewersbach, 21 June 2023. As of 23 July 2023, car and motorsport enthusiasts from around the world will be able to see one of the world’s most fascinating car collections for the first time. The “Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection” in Dietzhölztal-Ewersbach features about 150 spectacular cars dating from 1886 to the present day. The museum’s inaugural exhibition will showcase ultra-rare one-off cars, prototypes and highlights from the automotive history, including Michael Schumacher’s first World Championship-winning Ferrari, the Lincoln Continental used by United States President John F. Kennedy and the one-of-one Maybach Exelero record car.

Due to its size and excellent curation, the museum will be of special importance for research and education. Already at the opening, the “Hochschulcampus Nationales Automuseum of the Faculty of Economics and Law of the Nuertingen-Geislingen University of Applied Sciences” will begin its work. The lectures and live demonstrations are under the direction of Prof. Jochen Buck, the leading expert for accident research in Germany.

The museum also offers a wide range of educational programmes for schools and universities that is unparalleled in Germany. This includes the so-called “Geschichtswerkstatt” (“history workshop”). It teaches visitors about the industrial history of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis area in a way designed to inspire young people to pursue a technical education.

Regular special exhibitions are already being prepared, starting with the “100 Years of Le Mans 24h” exhibition with more than 20 original race cars from 1928 to the modern era — a spectacular display that has hardly ever been seen in Germany.

With a modern exterior design, the halls provide an interior space of 7,500 square metres, showing the charm of originally preserved historic industrial buildings. The eye-catcher is a banked corner filled with iconic machines of automotive history. Behind it, an oversized car-case displays almost 30 sports and race cars. The Nationales Automuseum also accommodates an extensive collection of engines, sectional models and technical display elements, from a steam engine up to an electric vehicle platform.

The museum’s founder, Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Loh: “These unique exhibits reflect courage, innovation power, pioneering design, craftsmanship and love for detail. I invite everyone who is interested in and excited by the passion on wheels and the technology in the cars to visit us at the new Nationales Automuseum.”

Dietzhölztal-Ewersbach is located in the rectangle connecting the four cities of Cologne, Dortmund, Kassel and Frankfurt, easily accessible from the A45 motorway.

• Open from Wednesday to Sunday

• Catering facilities, shop, SIM-Racers, cinema with 50 seats

• Museum app (tablets available on loan)

• Personal guided tours

• “Geschichtswerkstatt” showing “More than 2,500 years of iron smelting along the Dietzhölze and Dill rivers”

• Multiple event locations for up to 600 people

• Parking areas for passenger cars and coaches as well as powered camper sites

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Contact
Stiftung Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection
Museumsstr. 1
35716 Dietzhölztal-Ewersbach
Germany
Telephone: +49 2774 923 65 0
Email: presse@nationalesautomuseum.de
www.nationalesautomuseum.de