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Nelson's Garage Car & Motorcycle Museum

629 Main Street, Deadwood, SD 57732
605-578-1909
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Ranked #16 of 18 attractions in Deadwood
Type: Museums
Owner description: See James Bond’s Aston Martin, one of a few in the country, Magnum PI’s Ferrari, Smokey & the Bandit Trans Am, Herbie the Love Buy, Rockford Files... more » Owner description: See James Bond’s Aston Martin, one of a few in the country, Magnum PI’s Ferrari, Smokey & the Bandit Trans Am, Herbie the Love Buy, Rockford Files Firebird, 1969 Yenko Camaro from 2 Fast 2 Furious, a Jeep from the TV show MASH, Evel Knievel's jump bike, John Wayne’s Truck and more. Over 80 movie memorabilia displays. Located in the Celebrity Hotel, downtown Deadwood. Free Admission. Open 7 days an week 7am-9pm year-round. Families welcome! « less
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Little Falls, Minnesota
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 October 2012

What do you expect for the price? Interesting enough. Stop and look if your in the area, as usual, in downtown Deadwood it's part of the casino.

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Evansville, Wyoming
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 June 2012 via mobile

Free to get in. Small bit the items that are there are very interesting. And real cool to see. Evils personal motorbike. Burt Reynolds 1979 TA , from smokey and the bandit. Jeep from mash. Ect

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Clintonville, Wisconsin
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11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 June 2012

We made a special trip to this museum because of the advertisements for this museum with James Bonds Austin Martin, Herbie the love bug and the different motorcyles from different icons. We were very disappointed, they had just sold the Austin Martin the week before, and filled the place with more slot machines, REALLY like you need more gambling in... More

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Rapid City, South Dakota
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 June 2012

Nice to take a break from gambling and check out the vehicles, but due to the smoking ban they reduced the museum area which was small to begin within order to put in a smokers lounge.

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Colorado
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 March 2012

There wasn't much to see. The brochure advertised that Magnum PI's Ferrari was there but it wasn't and there were only two cars there, Jame Bond's car and Herbie's Love Bug. Most of the museum was turned into a slot machine area and a smoking room. Very disappointing. Glad I didn't have to pay any admission fee.

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Dickinson, North Dakota
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 March 2012

More celebrity items than cars but I enjoyed the items very much. The museum & casino are one. Not two seperate areas which I would have liked but it is free. It is located in the celebrity hotel which made it super easy to find. However, parking not so much since it is located off of main street.

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 August 2011

This was part of a casino and an attempt to throw a hodge-podge of celebrity paraphernalia together to draw tourists into the building. If you have a real strong attraction to one of the exhibits, it would be worth a stop since it is free, but it just felt tacky.

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Baraboo, Wisconsin
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 July 2011

This attraction is not well marked. It is inside the Celebrity Casino and Hotel. It is free to walk through but only will take you about 30-45 minutes.

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Florissant, Missouri, USA
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78 helpful votes 78 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 January 2011

The subject says it all. Cool stuff and the price is right. Walking through the attached Celebrity Hotel and Casino also presents you with more museum-quality exhibits.

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