W. P Chrysler Museum to close Dec 18, Hurry to visit

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Walter P. Chrysler Museum will be closed and converted to office space

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The Walter P. Chrysler Museum opens to the public on June 4 & 5, and will be open on select weekends through Dec. 18, 2016.

David Muller | dmuller@mlive.com

By David Muller | dmuller@mlive.com 
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on November 04, 2016 at 10:00 AM, updated November 04, 2016 at 1:35 PM

 

 

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is permanently closing its Walter P. Chrysler Museum, so that the building can be converted to "much needed" office space, the company said. 

The museum reopened in June, and will continue to be open on select weekends through Dec. 18. 

"The company will continue to preserve its historical vehicles and will showcase them at internal and external events including being on display around the Chrysler Technology Center and other FCA US facilities," FCA said Friday in an emailed statement. 

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Located on FCA's Auburn Hills campus, the museum showcases the beginning of Walter P. Chrysler's namesake automobile company and its subsequent evolution. 

Its displays include vehicles such as a 1924 Chrysler B-70 Phaeton, a 1943 Willys Overland Jeep, a 1970 Dodge Challenger and a 1986 Chrysler Town & Country, to name a few.

You can see photos inside the museum in the gallery above from when MLive toured the facility last spring.

If you want to check out the museum before it closes, admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $6 for youths ages 6-17. Children 5 years and under get in free. The full schedule can be seen here.

gldkarma

Very sad!  So glad we went either in 2008 during the Fiero 25th or in 2009 during the HET 100th at the same venue in Pontiac.  One of my favorite museums (and we don't pass many up in our travels! ).  My favorite car was the 1995 Chrysler Atlantic Concept on vertical carousel display there.