R.E. Olds Transportation Museum
It is dedicated to Ransom Eli Olds, a Lansing inventor, entrepreneur, financier, and one of Lansing’s most notable automotive leaders. Olds created the principle of the assembly line in the automobile industry and founded two local automobile companies: Olds Motor Works (1897) and REO Motor Car Company (1904).
The museum houses an extensive collection of automobiles, engines, and other automotive materials significant to the transportation history of the region. The James D. Butt Archives contain hundreds of thousands of pieces of ephemera such as photographs, drawings, manuals, newsletters, and other records.
Friday and Saturday Public Tours
Date: Every Friday and Saturday
Time: 1:00 pm
Guided tours of the museum are now available every Friday and Saturday at 1 pm. There is no additional cost for the tour and there’s no need to RSVP. Simply show up a few minutes early to purchase your admission tickets! Tours are approximately 45 minutes long.
To book a group tour, please reach out at least two weeks in advance of the date so we can arrange for a tour guide. We offer tours for small as well as large groups. Depending on availability, group tours can be booked outside of our usual open hours.
Group Tour Rate (groups with 10+ people): $7 per person
Please call 517.372.0529, email autos@reoldsmuseum.org
