Louwman Museum in full detail ....
Assembled over many, many years, the Louwman Collection is the oldest private collection in the world. To house the cars that span the complete history of the automobile, a purpose-built museum was constructed in The Hague, The Netherlands right next to a Royal Palace. The Louwman Museum was officially opened by the Dutch Queen in April of 2010. The striking building houses all the collection's highlights including the 1935 and 1956 Le Mans winning Lagonda and Jaguar, and also the Spyker 60 hp, which was the first six-cylinder engined and four-wheel drive car. Another great draw of the museum is that it offers a history both the automobile itself but also of more specialised machines like alternatively powered cars and micro-cars. At the time of our visit, the main hall of the museum housed a special Martini display, which still runs through to May 5th. Sixteen Martini-liveried machines are on show and in addition to the familiar machines, rarer beasts like the Porsche 911 RSR Turbo that placed third at Le Mans and the stillborn Lancia ECV2 were wheeled out specifically for this display. The result of our visit is a brief report, illustrated by a 180-shot gallery, which includes shots of the Martini display.
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