Directory of Carriage Driving Resources

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Contains sites for museums which exhibit and collect artifacts related to carriage driving.

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• Carriage Museum Of America

  http://www.carriagemuseumlibrary.org/
  Information on the subject of horse-drawn transportation. The CMA Library is the foremost collection on the subject. Bird-in-Hand, PA, USA.

• Circus World Museum

  http://www.circusworldbaraboo.org/
  Preserving more than 200 circus wagons, the biggest collection of these glittering masterpieces to be found anywhere. Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA.

• Genesee Carriage Museum

  http://www.gcv.org/
  Educational living history museum and village including a 19th and 20th century horse-drawn carriages and wagons. A collection of Brewster coaches and carriages grace the collection. Located in Mumford, New York, near Rochester, USA.

• Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum

  http://www.grangerhomestead.org/
  The variety and significance of the vehicles on display make the Carriage Museum's unique collection one of the most impressive in New York State. Canandaigua, New York, USA.

• Lancut: The Carriage Museum

  http://www.polmoslancut.com.pl/eng/Carriage_Museum.htm
  Features fifty-five carriages representing every type: parade coaches, others for visiting, long journeys, outings, sport and hunting, supplemented by seventy horsedrawn vehicles collected after World War II. Located in Poland.

• Lynden Pioneer Museum

  http://www.lyndenpioneermuseum.com/
  Housing the largest collection of horsedrawn vehicles in the state. Lynden, Washington, USA.

• Mifflinburg Buggy Museum

  http://www.buggymuseum.org/
  Located in the only known preserved 19th century carriage shop. Information on tours, owners, workers, and manufacturing of coaches. Located in Pennsylvania.

• Owls Head Transportation Museum

  http://owlshead.org/collections/category/carriages
  Housing 12 carriages from 1849 to 1910 in addition to one of the finest collections of pioneer-era aircraft and automobiles in the world. Located in Maine.

• Red House Stables Working Carriage Museum

  http://www.aboutbritain.com/RedHouseStables.htm?RefID=1504052
  One of the finest collections of original horse-drawn vehicles and equipment in Britain consisting of over 40 vehicles on display. Located in Matlock, Derbyshire. UK.

• Remington Carriage Museum

  http://www.history.alberta.ca/remington/
  Houses one of the largest collections of horse-drawn vehicles in North America, with over 200 carriages, wagons and sleighs.

• The Carriage Museum

  http://www.washingtonky.com/carriage_museum.htm
  Private collection of late 1800s, early 1900s horse-drawn vehicles belonging to Tom and Elaine Haughaboo. Open to the public, located in historical Washington, Kentucky.

• Wesley Jung Carriage Museum

  http://wadehouse.wisconsinhistory.org/Explore/CarriageMuseum/Entrance.aspx
  More than 100 horse-drawn and hand-operated vehicles, the collection ranks as Wisconsin's largest — and one of the largest in the nation. Carriages range from commercial delivery wagons, fire wagons, sleighs, and a circus calliope to children's play wagons and sleds. Remarkable examples of the carriage maker's craft include a Velvet Tobacco wagon and an umbrella-topped phaeton (both 1900), and a Silsby steam-powered fire pumper (1885). Madison, WI. USA.

• Woodlawn Museum

  http://www.woodlawnmuseum.com/
  Features three hundred acre estate of the Col. John Black, built in 1824. Includes image library, events, and membership. Located in Ellsworth.

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