Malaga Car and Vintage Fashion Museum

Malaga Car Museum is one of the best museums in Malaga and makes a good trip out whatever your age or taste. Car enthusiasts have plenty to look at with among nearly 100 cars on display and who isn’t impressed by a silver Aston Martin sports car or a vintage 1908 picnic car? The cars are also accompanied by over 200 items of perfect vintage fashion.

All on display in an early 20th century tabacco factory, the open factory floor spaces make for a perfect stage for some of the best cars in the world.

From 1898 to 2011-
The Malaga Car Museum is huge – over 6,000 square metres – and divided into 7 themed automobile areas. You start in the Belle Epoque – the oldest car dates from 1898 – and move through the car ages to the present day via the Roaring 20s, Art Déco vehicles in vogue in the 30s and designer cars. The youngest car, a prototype with a compressed air engine – was designed in 2011.

The 100-odd vehicles on display are all in perfect condition – you can see your reflection in their shiny exteriors – except for one discovered buried in rubble after the First World War and preserved as found complete with bullet holes in the back seat.

There’s also a space for car tuning (the museum holds car tuning events throughout the year) and stylised vehicles. Keep an eye out for unusual detail on the bonnets, hubcaps and car bodies.


Start the engines -
Every Sunday, visitors to the museum can listen to some of the cars in action. Among them are:
1939 Lancia with a tailor-made chassis.
1949 Cadillac with one of the quietest engines you’ll hear anywhere.
1961 Aston Martin that inspired James Bond’s own vehicle in the movies.


Haute couture -
But this museum isn’t just about cars. Each car is accompanied with a mannequin dressed in fashion appropriate to the year of the car.

And we’re not talking any old fashion – the world’s greatest designers (Dior, Chanel, Gucci, Galliano) all have their place beside the shining automobiles.

The museum is open daily from 10.00 to14.30 and 16.00 to 19.00