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The Collection houses dozens of world-class antique music sets, including mechanical musical instruments, phonographs, massive orchestrions, dozens of player pianos and music boxes, and antique furniture. The Nethercutt Collection's Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ is the largest theatre organ in the Western U.S. and third largest in the world.
- 1971; 52 years ago
- Sylmar, California, U.S.
- Automotive museum, Music museum
- Nethercutt-Richards family
The entire collection is housed in two beautifully appointed exhibit facilities, The Museum building and The Collection building along with a resplendently restored steam locomotive and railcar located behind Museum. Marble columns, crystal chandeliers, painted ceilings all make up this beautiful Grand Salon Showroom of the 1910’s, 20 and 30s ...
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THE NETHERCUTT COLLECTION. Open by Advanced Reservation Only. Tour Admission – $10:00 (Paid on the day of your tour) Tours are scheduled on Thursday’s and Friday’s at 10:00 and Saturday’s at 10:00 or 1:30 – Only one tour a day. The tour is Approximately 2 hours in length. Children must be 10 years or older to attend.
The Nethercutt Collection is world-renowned for its assembly of fine vintage automobiles. The Mascot Collection includes more than 1,100 hood ornaments, many of Lalique crystal. Assembled by J.B. Nethercutt and his wife Dorothy, the collection is a result of a lifetime dedicated to a love of beauty in design.
About. Jack Nethercutt and his wife Helen now proudly carry on the work that J.B. and Dorothy began. Early on, Jack exhibited a fondness for cars and discovered his natural abilities on the track. His sports car racing career from the 1950s and ’60s is showcased in The Nethercutt Collection’s Lower Gallery. Jack hung up his helmet to help ...
Nethercutt used his wealth to collect over 200 antique and prestigious cars. In 1971 founded the Nethercutt Collection to house them, later also becoming a music museum. Within his car collection he oversaw the restoration of dozens of cars including the Bugatti Dubos and Duesenberg Twenty Grand, two of the most valuable cars in the world.
Sep 29, 2009 · J.B. Nethercutt began his collection of automobiles in 1956, with the purchase of two antiques, a 1936 Duesenberg Convertible Roadster for $5,000 and a 1930 DuPont Town Car for $500. Nethercutt ...
