There are tens of thousands of interesting museums. But for the biker just required to visit the Museum of legends roads-Harley-Davidson.
The oldest Harley-Davidson with serial number "1" of 1903, built by the founders of the company William Harley and Arthur Davidson in a shed of 3x5 m. The machine, which had cost about $200 in those days, had driven about 100,000 miles in original parts. Milwaukee, Wisconsin-a small town with 600,000 souls on the west bank of a huge lake, Lake Michigan. In translation from one of the indigenous languages Milwaukee means "a good land, a place to collect from water." The three largest breweries, Schlitz, Blatz, Pabst and Miller, have been established here. But for hundreds of thousands of bikers around the world Milwaukee is the homeland of road legends, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. And if the city can be compared to Mecca and by the readers of the stamp, then its museum is, of course, Kaaba. A huge cubic building, consisting of three blocks, was opened recently-on July 12, 2008, occupying 81,000 square metres in the centre of the city. Since then, the museum has annually visited more than 300,000 people. The complex also includes restaurant, café, shop, and area for various kinds of events. The exposition of the museum is made up of several sections. They cover the entire history of the company from its birth in a wooden saicer 3x5 meters to the status of the main American manufacturer, producing more than 330,000 motorcycles per year. All motorcycle and engine models produced in more than half a century, motorcycles in the service of the State (army, police, fire, postal, etc.) are represented. ), the history of sport and the kastemojing. The museum displays only the most significant part of its collection. In addition to the permanent exposition located on the two floors, there are permanent exhibitions of museum archives. Not only is it not so much a tribute to history, it is the initiative center of the present and the place where the future is born. And most importantly, the museum reflects the success story of both the company and its heroes. Before entering the museum you are greeted by the bronze "Hill-limber". Davidson. Models for Board Tracks (slanted wooden surfaces) made of standard apparatus, as much as possible, without brakes and transmission. They were very popular in the 1920s, but were soon banned because of trauma. The first racers are leather glyphs and a leather cap. The hall where all the Harley-Davidson engines are represented in the history of the company. The Knucklehead Engine is shown in the cut. Several interactive screens show the engine process, including the Panhead and the Shovelhead. Thanks to a close-knit team of motorcyclists and engineers, many sports awards and prizes have been won. One of the halls presents 100 variants of original Harley-Davidson bach graphics in the last 70 years, produced on the tanks of the Fat Bob model. Just a few days before Heartbreak Hotel built Elvis Presley's fame, the future king of rock and roll came to buy this motorcycle KH (1956). But the money was not enough, and he took out a loan, in the field of "profession", "free vocalist". The company was constantly performing government orders to provide ambulances, mail and fire protection with motorcycles. Since 1908, the company supplies the police to the police and, in the years of the Second World War, it is the main supplier of both the American army and its allies. In the photo of WLA-42 Liberator, the pilot 42XA with the stroller, and the Servi-Car coastal patrol. In the hall of the movement-clothes and other accessories of famous people and film-eroids, the first motors of Gypsy Tour, a member of the member of the motorcycle club Boozfighters, the participant of the 47th in Hollister, the legendary helmet and the waistcoat of HOG member Arlena Sothril, and much more-much more. " Note that in more than a century of history the company was born and has got more than 150 American motorcycle manufacturers in the summer. Harley-Davidson is the only one left alive all this time, " museum director Stacey Sesley said at the opening ceremony. "I am sure that the company will continue to prosper, and my grandchildren will visit our museum as well."