Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum
Posted by Steve White on Mar 26, 2010
The Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum is home to the largest collection of Hudson cars in the world. This excellent museum is housed in the Shipshewana Town Center in Shipshewana, Indiana, and it has an exhibition space of 50,000 square feet. There are presently more than 50 cars on display in the museum.
The museum was established because of one man’s passion for Hudson cars. Eldon Hostetler was a young boy growing up in an Amish farm when he began to develop a fascination for automobiles. When his neighbor brought home a 1936 Hudson Terraplane, he was captivated by the beauty and innovative design of the car. When he was 18 years old, Hostetler bought a 1938 Hudson for just $350.00, and this would be the first of many Hudson automobiles that he owned. In 1997, he donated his impressive collection of Hudsons and 18 acres of land to the town of Shipshewana to start a museum. Today, the museum showcases many Hudson automobiles, as well as other rare classic cars and trucks such as Essex, Dover, Railton, and Terraplane.
The Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum is open from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm all year round, with extended evening hours to 8.00 pm from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Admission rates are $8.00 for adults, $4.00 for children aged 6 to 17, and $7.00 for seniors. Concession rate of $6.00 per person is offered to groups of 10 people or more.
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