Martins Bike Shop Inc. - Ephrata, PA - USA 
New display oh historic bicycles. Photos from 2025.
Photos: with thanks Tim Chrockrem
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Martins Bike Shop in central Pennsylvania's best rated bike and fitness store. So there are more than just a store. Services like product assembly, expert delivery, financing options, and after-sale service are what truly set they apart.
Fof lovers of bicycle history it is small paradise. Some antique bicycles are on display in store. The family which owns store more than 50 years loves history and antique bikes. This fact was absolutelly clear when we visitid their privat collection.
Thanks again for time we spend there.
Address: 1891 Division Hwy., Ephrata, PA 17522 - 8944 USA
Contact: http://martinsbike.com
A comprehesive gallery in detail
Photos taken by Robert Štěrba during his privat visit in 2014
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Marin Museum of Bicycling, Fairfax, CA - USA
After two years of planning and building, the new Marin Museum of Bicycling will formally open its doors on June 2015. Located in the middle of Fairfax, California, the MMB’s primary purpose is to serve as the new home of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Previously located in Crested Butte, Colorado, the MBHoF recognizes individuals who have contributed to the sport in the areas of advocacy, industry, journalism, pioneers, promotion, and racing history. After 15 years in the Butte–a beautiful town rich in mountain bike history, but tiny and difficult to access–the MBHoF moved to a bigger space, in a more accessible and population-dense location.
Despite a more urban location, Marin County is arguably the place where the mountain bike was born, making it a mostly-appropriate location for the sport’s hall of fame. I say "mostly" because Marin County was also the place where the anti-mountain bike movement began and riders in Marin continue to struggle with legal access to singletrack.
Contact: http://mmbhof.org/
Thank you for photos to Giovanni LiCalsi and Justin Sullivan
Henry Sheldon Museum - Middlebury, Vermont - USA
Very nice summer exhibit "Pedaling Through History: 150 Years of the Bicycle". The Collection of Glenn Eames.
June 21, 2016 – October 16, 2016
Contact museum: http://henrysheldonmuseum.org/
Contact Glenn Eams collection: http://www.oldspokeshome.com/home
Classic bicycle Aubrun 2024 - Auburn, USA
A three-day celebration of vintage lightweight bicycles at the prestigious Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum. Attendees enjoyed seminars, food and a bike show and stock exchange. Above all, however, three days of meetings and interesting conversations.
Photo: Robert Štěrba and with thanks Ron Alexander
Address: 1600 Wayne street, Auburn, 46706 Indiana, USA
Contact: https://www.classicbicyclesauburn.com
California Bicycle Museum, Davis, CA - USA
The vintage bicycles depicted here are from the Pierce Miller collection owned by the University of California in Davis. Pierce Miller was a rancher near Modesto with an avid interest in the history of transportation. He amassed over one hundred horse-drawn vehicles of every description, a handful of antique automobiles, and a large collection of bicycles. Miller exhibited the vehicles and bicycles in a roadside museum of transportation history until his death in the 1960s. In the 1940s, Miller purchased the entire bicycle collection from Walter Nilsson, a well-known vaudeville performer whose stage specialty was acrobatic bicycle and unicycle riding. Nilsson collected the bicycles while on tour around the world with his cycling act.
The University bought the Miller Collection in 2000 when it became available for sale. A federal Transportation Enhancements grant was the primary funding source.
UC Davis, the City of Davis, and an avid group of cycling and history enthusiasts are looking for a permanent exhibit space for which the Miller collection will provide the core of what is planned to be a major bicycle museum.
Contact: http://taps.ucdavis.edu/bicycle/resources/pierce_miller_collection
Video How Miller collection was transferred from its original home to Davis: https://vimeo.com/64667629
Thank you for photos to Transportation Services University of California
The Elliott Museum, Stuard, Forida - USA
The Elliott Museum, located at Florida, United States, focuses on art, history, and technology. Named after the prolific inventor Sterling Elliot, the museum features a changing exhibition gallery and an art studio; maritime, baseball, and local history galleries; and bicycles, classic wooden boats, motorcycles, over 90 cars and trucks, and even an airplane. Over 50 vehicles are displayed in a unique robotic racking system which retrieves vehicles on demand for display on a turntable.
Address: 825 NE Ocean Blvd, Stuard, FL 34996, USA
contact: https://hsmc-fl.com/elliott-museum/
Sterling Elliott (1852–1922) produced a series of successful inventions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He held more than 125 patents, receiving his first at age 22. He was foremost an inventor but also a successful businessman. His tenacity and determination to improve on everyday objects helped enhance the quality of life for established businesses, as well as the average person. His inventive mind and creative genius developed the first Knot Tying machine (No.237,966 ), the low wheeled trotting sulky (No.494,113), the Elliott addressing machine (No.707,961), the pneumatic tire, (No.487,874), the ball bearing (No.487,874), the kingpin that would turn out to be a critical element in the success of the automobile.
The bike collection of Robin Williams – California, USA
The famous actor, who passed away in 2014 aged 63, was a keen cyclist and had 87 bicycles in his collection, all of which were donated to the charity auction by his family.
Robin Williams lived a majority of his life in Marin County, California, a mecca for both road cycling and mountain biking. He was a passionate cyclist, an accomplished collector of bicycles and a compassionate supporter of people with disabilities. His children have donated a selection of favorites from his personal bicycle collection to be auctioned off in support of the Challenged Athletes Foundation and Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
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The bike collection of Robin Williams was sold 2014
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago - USA
Rare and fascinating historic bicycles from the Museum's collection alongside new high-tech bikes in exposition „The Art of the Bicycle“.
Link exhibition: http://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/art-of-the-bicycle/
„It is an invention where science, art and engineering intersect—and one we can master at six years old. The first bicycles were revolutionary 200 years ago, and today's bike designers continue to redefine and revisit the concept of cycling. Trace the path of an evolution from Boneshaker to Moonlander in a beautiful gallery of creativity and ingenuity.“
All photos exhibition The Art of the Bicycle were find on thr internet:
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Museum contact: http://www.msichicago.org
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Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD – USA
Maryland Historical Society (MdHS) & It’s Collections
The Maryland Historical Society founded in 1844 is the state’s oldest cultural institution. Including a museum, library, press, and educational programs, the MdHS collects, preserves, and interprets objects and materials reflecting Maryland’s diverse heritage.
Collections include more than 50,000 museum objects (exclusive of archaeological collections acquired from the Baltimore City for Urban Archeology during the Baltimore City Life Museum acquisition) and 7 million books and documents, ranging from presettlement to the present day and representing virtually every aspect of Maryland history and life.
All meetings for the International Cycle History Conference 2014 and the "Show & Tell Historical Bicycle Exhibition" was in the main building of the Maryland Historical Society at 201 West Monument Street near the city center of Baltimore, Maryland. One part of the exposition showed many children bicycles including an elegant childs velocipede which was made by Baltimore inventor Richard Gornell.
Contact: http://www.mdhs.org/
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The main part of bicycle exposition of 25th International Cycling History Conference -- 2014 ....here
Gary and Mary COOK´S Bicycle collection, Vallejo CA – USA
Gary Cook was owner of bicycle shop and big bicycle collector. „He had so much energy and was very funny“ said me his wife Mary. Gary passed away in June 2008. Part of his collection was sold and many bikes and parts were donated to the museum at Davis University in California.
