After spending the night in the RV Museum parking lot, we went in to see it when it opened at 9:00 AM.  Admission is $8.00 and $6.00 for seniors age 60 or older.  It is a beautiful building.  It has a large entrance area, a Go RVing area with new vehicles, a pre World War II area, a post World War II area, a library and a conference center.  There is also 75 seat theater.  There is a library upstairs and you can view the various displays from the mezzanine. The Go RVing area currently has an Itasca motor home with bunk beds and a Forest River 5th wheel.  The next section is the post World War II area, but it has a couple of pre World War II RVs.  The first RV is a 1913 Earl Travel Trailer with a Model T pulling it.  There is a one of a kind Airstream called Der Kleine Prinz, named by Wally Byam, which was the prototype for the Airstream Bambi.  Their are many unique trailers and a very nice custom motor home built on a Cadillac chassis.  The workmanship on this motor home is extraordinary. Here is a good article in Gypsy Journal describing the museum.  On the way out of Elkhart we stopped at Factory RV Surplus, one of several surplus stores in Elkhart.  They had some good values, but some things cost twice what they cost at Camping World.  We bought a nice oak coffee table that can be used in several ways and raised to different heights.

 

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