Wheels Through Time – Haywood County
Join us on April 3rd, 2025 for the first day of our 2025 operating season.
During the off-season, museum staff stays busy adding to and improving each of the exhibits at the Wheels Through Time Museum.
We have some great new rare bikes for you to check out this year as well as new products in our gift shop. Come on out and help us kick off the 2025 season and see if you can spot the latest additions to the museum!
The museum features one of the world’s premier collections of Vintage American Transportation, guiding visitors through the evolution of American motorcycling and automotive history. The museum has attracted worldwide media attention and brought hundreds of thousands of visitors to Maggie Valley, North Carolina from all over the globe.
Many visitors consider the displays equally as interesting as the rare machines that are within them. The museum layout is more than a timeline of machines. It has the feel of an old garage, but is touched by relevant artwork of the era and houses precious items of memorabilia by the thousands. The museum is literally a cornucopia of American history.
The automobile collection is equally as interesting as the two-wheeled marvels. A pair of ’32 roadsters, Packard and Lincoln from the classic era are surrounded by distinctive “one off” autos such as the 1949 Veritas and the massive 1915 Locomobile built during the gilded age of American history.
The collection was started by museum Founder Dale Walksler in 1969 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. In 1977 the collection moved to Mt. Vernon Illinois where it was housed at the Harley-Davidson dealership founded by Dale. As the collection matured it became obvious the potential for a truly incredible museum was at hand. In 2002, the collection moved to its present location in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. A 501c3 not-for-profit status was attained, and Wheels Through Time was on its way to preserving forever a most unique aspect of our American history.
As a not-for-profit organization, the museum is entirely funded by its visitors and through its annual raffle. This year, their twenty-second year of operation, they are giving away a 1936 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead painted in HD Custom gold and black. All proceeds from the raffle go to continued efforts to locate, acquire, preserve, and display American motorcycle history.
Dale’s Wheels Through Time Museum
62 Vintage Ln, Maggie Valley, NC 28751
www.wheelsthroughtime.com.
