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Location
Parking
Parking available; RV overnight parking available through Harvest Host
Visitor tip
Book a guided tour of the Oliver Mansion with a knowledgeable tour guide—reviewers specifically praised the guides' expertise, friendliness, and ability to enhance the experience with historical context and architectural details
Visitor tip
If traveling by RV or trailer, take advantage of the Harvest Host overnight parking program available at the museum's lot, allowing you to stay overnight and visit the museum the next morning at a more relaxed pace
About Studebaker National Museum
Sprawling 3-story automobile museum. Spacious museum with 3 floors of presidential carriages, car culture history & sleek vintage cars.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Automobile & History Museum
- Highlights
- Historic Studebaker vehicle collection, Oliver Mansion tours, Conestoga wagons, vintage automobiles
- Visit Duration
- 2 hours to full day with audio tour
- Notable History
- Immigrant Studebäcker family story from wagons to major automobile manufacturer employing 26,000 workers
What visitors say
What a most enchanting experience! My husband and I visited the museum on Valentine’s Day 2026. We took a tour around the Oliver Mansion and my my my so many surprises and beauty to see! Everything from the interior design to the…
Loved the museum! We’re traveling with a trailer and stayed overnight in the parking lot (thanks Harvest Host!). Great location. Quiet and exactly what we needed. Enjoyed the museum once it opened the following day. Both museums were a…
It’s as much a story about an immigrant family named Studebäcker who came to America and first started out building Conestoga Wagons that carried many Settlers across this great land in the 1700’s. Learn how they built that company into…
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Did You Know?
- The Studebaker company's South Bend, Indiana factory once employed 26,000 workers, making it a major industrial hub
- Studebaker manufactured military vehicles and tanks for both World War I and World War II in addition to consumer automobiles
- The museum traces the Studebaker family's entrepreneurial journey from building Conestoga wagons in the 1700s that carried settlers across America to becoming a major automobile manufacturer
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