National Automobile Museum named in the 'Top Ten Museums' by "Car Collector" magazine, one of "America's Five Greatest Automobile Museums" and one of the top sixteen auto museums in the world by "AutoWeek", and has been repeatedly selected as the best museum in Northern Nevada by "Nevada Magazine"'s annual reader's poll. National Automobile Museum The National Automobile Museum, located just south of the Truckee River in Reno, Nevada, displays historic automobiles from the late 19th century and from throughout the 20th. Most of the vehicles displayed are from the collection of the late casino owner William F. Harrah, and so the museum is
William F. Harrah "Dad, that would suit me just fine," and paid his father $500 for the business. He then headed down to the pier and fired the shills. In the course of just three years Harrah made the $100-a-week game into a $25,000 per year business. However, Bill grew tired of fighting the politicians and wanted to expand his operations into Reno. On October 29, 1937, he opened his first club at 124 North Center Street, called Harrah's Club Bingo. The location was two blocks from the Bank Club and Palace Club that dominated gaming in Reno. As the locals expected, his