Car and Carriage Caravan Museum

So, the Car and Carriage Museum at Luray is sort of like the Garden Maze in that the two really are bizarre within the context of being right by the caverns. What do a garden maze; car museum and cavern have to do with each other especially in the middle of Podunk Virginia? I have no clue. It’s sort of like one of those priest, rabbi and minister jokes.
The museum boils down simply as others have said to a small collection of well preserved pre-​WWII vehicles, sleds and carriages. The one thing that makes it slightly more interesting is that each piece has a nice placard in front of it explaining the who, what, when along with original purchase price of the piece.
Without that I would be lost as to what any of it is because quite honestly I don’t give a rat’s ass about cars especially classic ones.
People keep saying that this is «free» but come on now, let’s be honest that this ain’t free by a long shot. The price for this just like for the museum across the street is simply bundled into the price of the cavern tour which is why that is so damn expensive. It would be nice of course if you could purchase things ala carte but then I would imagine that this place wouldn’t make it very long without being cross subsidized.
On a sidebar to my last point, we came over Easter Weekend and the cavern itself was packed with people while the car museum’s crowd was very light. I can’t put a solid estimate on it but maybe 10−15% of the people there were going thru the car museum? Luray has no way of knowing how many either as no one was up front checking/​looking at tickets. The kid in the gift shop to the right was busy staring at his phone, the girl to the left selling fudge was selling fudge and only one employee was actually in the museum and he was elderly and sitting on a chair in a corner just staring at people.
I suppose the advantage to coming to this attraction is that unlike the cavern tour with its huge groups and continuous pace which gives you little time to stop and admire in spots, here you can look around as long as you like. The disadvantage is of course that if you don’t care about cars or if you don’t even know that the museum is here or If you don’t like the collection which has been assembled then this place is nothing more than an unwanted extra that whether you like it or not, you’ve already paid for.

This is a neat little bonus you get with the purchase of your Luray Cavern tickets. This museum is located between the Luray maze and the Luray Caverns entrance. When you walk in there is a booth to purchase tickets if you do not have one and a gift shop to the right. No one stopped us to check our tickets as we proceeded to enter the museum, so I guess they assume you will stop and purchase a ticket if you don’t have one (not really sure).
This is a small building with a large amount of antique cars. The museum starts with the early transportation cars and wagons, and gives you a brief history of every car. It’s really cool to see the beginning of transportation and to walk through and see how it evolved. I asked a worker were these cars original, he said yes and that some of them still work. They also have old high end luxury cars. Some cars show their listing price during the time period they were being sold (I wish cars now were as cheap). Yes, this place could use some dusting, smells old, and could have a better décor. But my family and I enjoyed our self and you can’t beat buy one get one free! If you are going to the caverns be sure to stop in here for a little car history. Cool museum for all ages!

When I visited the the Luray Caverns in April 2013, entrance into Car and Carriage Caravan Museum was included in the ticket price. 2 for 1 is always good.
My surname is the same as the photo I took, and although I got a thrill finding this motor in Virginia, I don’t think I’m related.
This museum is pretty small as far as auto museums go. If you’re a gear head, you’ll enjoy it.

Okay, sure, it smells a little musty, but what do you expect from a museum with 100 year old cars next to a humid cave?
This museum is about 10 feet from the Luaray Caverns and included in the price of admission. There’s a fudge shop inside (I KNOW), The cars are also really unique. The other Unilocalers have mentioned the makes and models, but it’s great to be very close to them. An extra bonus is that they have engines too, usually next to their matching cars.

This place was included with my caverns ticket so I decided to check it out. The place is kind of small but man the cars are amazing! If you love cars there is plenty of old time cars and they were in great shape. I think this is probably one of the best car museums I have ever went into. Check it out!

It’s just a bunch of old cars and other randomness (i.e. baby buggies). It’s free, though, with your Luray Caverns admission, so why not waste 5 minutes and walk through it? The best part was the very creepy and oddly placed mannequins. Seriously, come here just to check out the mannequins. It’ll give you the heebie jeebies and a fit of giggles. Totally worth the 5 minutes of time for the creepy mannequins.

The best part of this museum is that it is included in the cost of admission to Luray Caverns. It really adds to your experience in Luray. While the Car and Carriage Museum is small, it has a lot of unique cars packed into it. Display models even wear period clothes to help set the scene.

Amazing in my opinion. So many beautiful cars and carriages. While it is small the admission is included when you tour the caverns so definitely do stop in.
The gift shop inside is nice, I enjoyed the candy.
For whatnots I recomend the gift shop in the ticket building.

The small Car and Carriage Caravan Museum at Luray Caverns overcame my low expectations with a pretty cool collection of pre-​WWII vehicles. The cars and carriages from 1725 – 1941 offer an up close look at antique transportation.
Highlights of the collection include:
* a 1892 Benz — one of the oldest cars in the country still in operating condition
* an 1840 Conestoga Wagon like those used to travel west
* a 1908 Baker Electric almost 100 years before the Prius
* a 1910 Buick Model 10 that made the company famous
* a 1913 Stanley Model 66 Steamer for those that don’t need gas
* a 1915 Ford Model T that put America on the road
* Megastar Rudolph Valentino’s 1925 Rolls Royce
* a 3-​wheel 1931 Morgan Aero Super Sport
* a rare and very cool Cord model L-​29 V-​8 Phaeton.
Since the auto museum is included with price of admission to the cave tour, it is worth a quick walk through as well. In fact for some, this may even be better than the caverns.

I was skeptical, not being much of a car fan, but it was very interesting! Be sure and read the «interesting facts» with each vehicle!

Included in cavern price, but this may have been the best part. Very cool!

You must be a fan of automobiles and you must love really old automobiles to fully appreciate this museum. Luckily for me I am a big huge fan of both. Just coming off the cavern tour and gift shop wife and I made our way over here cause I love me some old automobiles and this place has the oldest still operational car in North America a Mercedes from 1892 how bout them apples folks. Other cars include Rolls Royce, Stanley, a fully electric car from 1908 yeah you read right. See you thought electric cars are some new fangled recent hi-​tech modern marval… well think again folks. Those lyin oil companies they had the technology for over 100 years. If it wasn’t for museums like this many of you would never had known this.
All vehicles have been restored some restorations a little better than others but still a nice collection of antique motor vehicles that you will see in one spot cept for Jay Leno’s garage. They also have antique horse drawn coaches minus the horse of course of course and an old sleigh minus the eight tiny reindeer. There is a old wagon that was used to go West… uh no… there were no cowboys and Indians reenactments okay. Costumes and old automotive memorabilia rounds out the displays. Again it is free with purchase of tickets to the caves. Oh just go to it people… even if you don’t care about old cars, it is a good learning experience and some of you could stand some fancy museum learnin.