There are quite a few automobile museums in northern Italy. The Museo Nicolis [↗] is located southwest of Verona.
In 2000, Luciano Nicolis, a scrap paper dealer, opened his “Museum of the Automobile, Technology, and Mechanics” there. The name says it all: it features not only about 200 classic cars and just as many motorcycles and bicycles, but also typewriters, cameras, and other items. In the automotive section, the focus isn’t just on the vehicles themselves, but also, for example, on a large collection of steering wheels from various Formula 1 teams over the past few decades.
Although the museum, with its open and bright floors, is anything but small, the many exhibits are still squeezed together. It’s still manageable with the cars, even though I focused a lot on the details there as well. With the roughly 120 bicycles, for example, you stand in front of a wall of bikes, and you have to be quite knowledgeable to even see the differences, let alone photograph them. Other objects, such as the cameras, are displayed in glass cases on the upper floor. Still, it’s fun to look at sometimes exotic items, such as some of the typewriters. So don't plan too little time for your visit.
