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Simeone Foundation Museum
One of the world's most remarkable collections of race cars
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Classic race cars at the Simeone Foundation Museum
Photos by Matthew Hurst
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Location
The Museum is located just five minutes from Philadelphia International Airport — perfect for international visitors hoping to see the Simeone's vast collection of European race cars.
Start your engines!
Within the walls of the newly opened Simeone Foundation Museum — the only museum of its kind in North America — you'll find 60 of the world's rarest and most famous race cars.
And if luxury is your style, names like Alfa Romeo, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and Maserati are pretty tough to beat.
The Experience
The collection begins with a race car from 1909 and continues to the mid-1970s. As you walk through the museum, you'll see how technology has evolved in just seven decades of racing.
Like Philadelphia’s famed Barnes Foundation collection of paintings, the Simeone Foundation exhibition is a personal collection, driven by Dr. Fred Simeone's singular vision of how the collection should be arranged. The central theme of the Simeone Foundation collection is “The Spirit of Competition.”
The cars are displayed in dioramas representing the famous race courses where the cars actually competed — such as Watkins Glen, Bonneville, Sebring, the Mille Miglia and Le Mans — so you can relive history while you peruse the collection.
Significant cars in the collection include the “Hippie” Porsche 917 (named for its psychedelic paint scheme), a 1958 Aston Martin DBR1 that Stirling Moss drove to victory, a Cobra Daytona Coupe that had been lost for 30 years until Simeone helped in its recovery, a Le Mans-winning Bugatti and a 1938 Alfa Romeo, winner of the Mille Miglia.
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