MUSEUM HOURS:
WED TO SUN 10am to 4pm
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 10am to 4pm
(Closed Good Friday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day)
ENTRY: $10
Concession: $8
Under 16, accompanied by an adult: Free
Groups of 20 or more (pre-booked): $8 pp
You’ll love Gilbert’s Motor Museum.
Think motoring history, motorcycles, vintage, classic, muscle cars and more on show for all to see and enjoy in our beautiful town of Strathalbyn, South Australia.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO STRATHALBYN.
South Australia and Strathalbyn have a long motoring history.
Discover Strathalbyn, one of South Australia’s most picturesque heritage towns and a scenic 45‑minute drive from Adelaide. Here you’ll find Gilbert’s Motor Museum, a must‑visit attraction for anyone interested in motoring history, classic vehicles and South Australian automotive culture.
Located in the original Gilbert Motors building, the museum offers an authentic step back in time. This historic site was once the centre of local craftsmanship — home to hand‑built Treblig bicycles, early motorcycles, and the showroom where generations of families purchased their first Buicks, Holdens and other iconic vehicles. For decades, the workshop kept the community on the road, becoming a cornerstone of Strathalbyn’s identity.
Today, the museum showcases an evolving collection of classic cars, motorcycles and motoring memorabilia. Visitors can explore vehicles that may have once gleamed in this very showroom, alongside immersive displays celebrating the Adelaide Grand Prix, Rowley Park Speedway, and the people who shaped South Australia’s automotive story.
With its rich heritage, hands‑on exhibits and ever‑growing collection, Gilbert’s Motor Museum invites visitors to experience motoring history as a living, breathing journey — one that continues to evolve in the heart of Strathalbyn.
HOME OF THE GLEN DIX COLLECTION
Our patron, the legendary Glen Dix amassed a fascinating collection of memorabilia over his decades of involvement in motor sport. The collection is displayed throughout the Museum and in the Glen Dix OAM Library.
MAKING IT HAPPEN
Gilbert’s Motor Museum was conceived by the Strathalbyn Tourism Association and made possible with the support of volunteers and sponsors.
In 2018 the Gilbert family announced it would be closing Gilbert Motors after 117 years of trading at 34 High Street. As a former garage and petrol station, the premises would have been difficult to remediate and re-purpose for other business uses, so the Gilberts supported the Strathalbyn Tourism Association’s concept of a motor museum. As 34 High Street had always been known to the locals simply as “Gilbert’s” it was only fitting that the Museum retain that name.
In August 2019, the front showroom was opened to promote the fledgling museum and plead our need for more vehicles, money and volunteers.
Since then Gilbert’s Motor Museum has gone from strength to strength and grown into the exciting and diverse collection of vehicles and associated displays of motoring history and memorabilia that we are proud to present today.
OUR PATRON – GLEN DIX
Glen Dix is revered as a South Australian motorsport legend. He spent decades officiating in speedway, motocross, karting, circuit car and bike racing. He is best known, world over, for his flamboyant flag waving on the finish line of the Adelaide Formula 1 Grands Prix. In 2009 he was awarded an OAM for services to motor sport.
Glen has amassed a fascinating collection of motoring memorabilia, much of which is on display throughout Gilbert’s Motor Museum and in our Glen Dix OAM Library.
MUSEUM AMBASSADOR
TOM GILBERT
Tom Gilbert is owner/operator of the Gilbert family’s fifth-generation business Adelaide Hills Toyota and a passionate car buff with interests ranging in everything from vintage cars to all forms of motor sport.
Tom was born in Mt. Barker and has lived in the Adelaide Hills all his life. In his spare time he can be found enjoying the Australian outback in a Kombi van or the magnificent Adelaide Hills in a vintage air-cooled Porsche.
