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Have you ever found yourself driving around your own home town, passing a museum and realizing that you have never been in to see any exhibits. It if funny how we don’t always make the time to stop and visit the museums that are close by home. We seem to save that for the days we are in unfamiliar towns with time on our hands. Once you get inside a museum it can be really captivating. If you ever find yourself in one of the hotels Fort Wayne has and are not sure what to do, try visiting one or two of the local museums. There are five museums that you can visit while staying in this city.

If you like cars than the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum will be great fun for you. There are more than a hundred and fifty cars ranging from years of the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The building is a National Historic Landmark and was the headquarters of the Auburn Automobile Company. This is were auto history was made and is still the home of many Auburn and Cord automobiles that were built here originally. It is a wonderful step back in time and history and is best gear head museums in the United States.

The Cathedral Museum would appeal to the history of architecture enthusiasts. This building was built as the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in 1857. It is the oldest functioning building in this region of the country. It has been recently renovated and it show cases the wonderful Gothic style and Bavarian stained glass windows. Another one of the oldest museums in Indiana is the History Center in Fort Wayne. It was a former jail and city hall and it covers a full block of downtown. The gargoyles, massive staircase, marble and huge size will catch your eye. It give a great view of the history of Fort Wayne. Along with that history they have created the newest museum, the African American Historical Museum. It touches the history of all roles played by the African American in this country’s history. Then for a little lunch you can stop in at the Firefighters museum and cafe. It is of course located inside an historical firehouse that was built in 1972 and gives a great view of firefighter techniques and clothing used over a hundred years.