{{Short description|Former automobile museum in Miami, Florida}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} [[File:Miami Car Museum.jpg|thumb|Entrance of the Miami Auto Museum in North Miami, Florida]] [[File:Rolls Royce from movie "Goldfinger".jpg|thumb|Rolls-Royce Phantom III from the James Bond movie ''Goldfinger'' (1964)]] The '''Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection''' was a privately owned museum in North Miami, Florida, that exhibited automobiles and related memorabilia collected by Michael Dezer.<ref name=dezer>{{cite web| url=http://www.dezercollection.com/about/| title=Miami Auto Museum: About| publisher=Miami Auto Museum| accessdate=February 28, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212155240/http://www.dezercollection.com/about/| archive-date=February 12, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> It has closed and is being moved to Orlando, Florida, to be opened as the '''Orlando Auto Museum''' within Dezerland Park Orlando.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official webpage |url=http://www.dezercollection.com/ |website=www.dezercollection.com |accessdate=26 September 2018}}</ref>
The museum was housed in two large warehouse buildings, one for the Hollywood Collection, the other for the Classic Car Collection. The Hollywood Collection displayed cars and vehicles used in movies or by the stars, among them a collection of James Bond cars and Batman cars. The other collection showed classic American and European cars, micro-cars, military vehicles, motorcycles, scooters, bicycles, and various related memorabilia. The exhibition areas exceeded 250,000 square feet and was capable of displaying more than 1,000 vehicles.<ref name=dezer/>
Cars included in the collection are the 1948 Ford from ''Grease'', the 1959 Cadillac from ''Ghostbusters'' (a replica),<ref name=goodman/> the 1981 DeLorean from ''Back to the Future'', an original Batmobile, the Land Rover from ''Skyfall'', and a T-55 Soviet tank from ''GoldenEye''.<ref name=dezer/><ref name=forbes>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2013/04/01/real-estate-baron-michael-dezers-impressive-wheel-estate/| author=Hannah Elliott| title=Meet The Real Estate Baron Who Owns James Bond's Soviet Tank - And The Batmobile |work=Forbes |date=April 15, 2013 |accessdate=February 28, 2016}}</ref> In 2011, the museum acquired the original Pursuit Special driven by Max Rockatansky in ''Mad Max'' and ''Mad Max 2''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/mad-maxs-interceptor-is-in-florida-but-this-fantastic-replica-is-selling-on-ebay-right-now-2015-2|title=Mad Max's Interceptor is in Florida, but this fantastic replica is selling on eBay right now|last=Farquhar|first=Peter|date=2015-02-07|work=Business Insider Australia|access-date=2018-02-11|language=en|archive-date=2015-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100238/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/mad-maxs-interceptor-is-in-florida-but-this-fantastic-replica-is-selling-on-ebay-right-now-2015-2|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The collection was started by Micheal Dezer, an Israeli-born real estate developer, after he got a Vespa scooter at the age of 16.<ref name=fox>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/auto/miamis-mega-car-museum| author=AP |title=Miami's mega car museum| publisher=Fox News |date=January 4, 2014| access-date=February 28, 2016}}</ref> The museum evolved from the holding place for his collection and was opened in {{start date and age|2012|p=y}}.<ref name=goodman>{{cite web |url=http://oceandrive.com/the-dezer-collection-museum-and-pavilion-is-an-auto-enthusiasts-dream |author=Marc Goodman| title=The Dezer Collection Museum Motors in |publisher=Ocean Drive| date=January 23, 2012 |accessdate=February 28, 2016}}</ref> It incorporated the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum purchased from England.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.dezercollection.com/ Dezer Collection website] *[https://www.orlandoautomuseum.com/museum Orlando Auto Museum]
{{coord|25.9097|-80.1589|display=title}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Museums in Miami Category:Automobile museums in Florida