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Daily: April-Sept 10am-6pm; Oct-March 10am-5pm; ?4.95 .

Housed in a vast hangar-like building in the south wing of Le Cinquantenaire, Autoworld is a chronological stroll through the short history of the automobile, with a huge display of vintage vehicles, beginning with early turn-of-the-century motorized cycles and Model Ts. Perhaps inevitably, European varieties predominate: there are lots of vehicles from Peugeot, Renault and Benz, and homegrown examples, too, including a Minerva from 1925 which once belonged to the Belgian monarch. American makes include early Cadillacs, a Lincoln from 1965 that was also owned by the Belgian royals, and some great gangster-style Oldsmobiles; among the British brands, there's a practically new Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost from 1921, one of the first Austins, and, from the modern era, the short-lived De Lorean sports car. Upstairs is a

collection of assorted vehicles that don't fit into the main exhibition. It's a bit of a mishmash, but worth a brief look for some early Porsches and Volvos, classic 1960s Jags and even a tuk-tuk from Thailand. The museum's major drawback is its lack of recent vehicles - few cars date from after the mid-1970s. That said, there's good English labelling, at least on the downstairs exhibits, and a decent museum shop, with lots of automobile-related gear, including a great selection of model cars.

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