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Even if you’re not a hard-core automotive enthusiast, the name Lamborghini will no doubt be familiar to you. This famous car maker in Italy has been producing some of the most sought-after luxury sports cars in the world for decades - and if you do happen to be a car nut, you’ll be pleased to know that the Lamborghini Museum outside Bologna is an excellent addition to your Italy itinerary.
The Lamborghini Museum has an incredible collection of cars on display over two levels. The cars are, as you’d expect, polished to a gleaming shine - but what I didn’t expect was that the older cars would actually show some signs of their age. A few of the cars have, when you look closely, small nicks in the otherwise beautiful paint jobs. Instead of detracting from the look, however, what those nicks said to me was that these cars had been loved in the best way possible - they’d been driven by people who appreciated them rather than permanently garaged. And that impression is further borne out by the fact that many of the cars on display came from the company’s founder’s personal collection.
The Lamborghini Museum’s first floor looks almost like a parking lot, with Lamborghinis from several different decades lined up nose-to-tail along the walls as well as several others set apart from the rows of cars. I’ll admit that I’m not a car person, so other than the fact that I find them interesting to photograph I really have no idea what I was looking at. The husband, on the other hand, was in heaven.
On the second floor of the museum, you’ll find some of the race cars Lamborghini made during the 1980s and 1990s, some of the company’s concept cars, and the window that gives you a peek onto the factory floor. The Lamborghini website indicates that there are opportunities for guided tours of both the museum and the production line, for which you’ll definitely need to arrange a visit in advance via email. If you don’t want to pay the extra money for a factory tour, or you’ve got small kids who aren’t allowed into the factory, the window from the museum offers a glimpse of the production floor for free.
