Art Car World – Douglas, Arizona - Atlas Obscura
Places near me Random place

AO Edited

Art Car World

Douglas, Arizona

Dozens of elaborate works of automotive art have been preserved at this Arizona museum.  

View all photos
Harrod Blank has also designed and remodeled the exterior of Art Car World. ianlefk (Atlas Obscura User)
7
56
Top Places in Arizona
Lowell Observatory in Winter
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff, Arizona
Apache Death Cave
Winslow, Arizona
Phoenix Trotting Park
Goodyear, Arizona
 See All

Grotesque, fantastical, delirious conversions of ordinary cars into everything from yachts to rockets to double-decker hearses straight out of the darkest Gothic nightmare. Art Car World in Douglas, Arizona, opened to the public in 2023, but it’s been decades in the making.

Owner Harrod Blank is one of the personalities driving the art car movement. He presents his cars all around the world and has helped organize an art car camp at Burning Man. Not all of the cars at the museum are his own creations, though. Blank has collected works created by other car-tists and given them a place where they would be safe from the elements and their unique beauty preserved for others to appreciate.

One is covered completely in stained glass and mosaic, completely in metal objects of mind-boggling diversity, and hiding 48 working but completely original music boxes. Some are covered completely in litter picked up from the roadside yet made artistically whole. The variety and quality is mind-boggling.

automotive history cars outsider art
Community Contributors
l
Added by
lkcschultz
i
Edited by
ianlefk
Published
August 20, 2024
Edit this listing
Make an Edit Add Photos
Nearby
Gadsden Hotel Windows
0.16 miles
Last Supper Museum Art & Music Center
0.21 miles
Warren Ballpark
19.65 miles
Want to see fewer ads? Become a Member.
Near This Place
Douglas, Arizona

Gadsden Hotel Windows

The lobby of this hotel near the U.S.-Mexico border features a stained-glass mural that measures 42 feet long and 6 feet tall.
Douglas, Arizona

Last Supper Museum Art & Music Center

With more than 2,000 pieces, this is world's largest collection of artwork inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper.'
Bisbee, Arizona

Warren Ballpark

One of America's oldest stadiums was also the site of one of the most brutal anti-labor acts in American history.
Bisbee, Arizona

The Shady Dell

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.
Related Places
Panhandle, Texas

VW Slug Bug Ranch

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.
Mound House, Nevada

VW Beetle Spider

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.
St. Paul's Bay, Malta

Malta Classic Car Collection

One Maltese man’s hobby became an extensive collection of restored automobiles, motoring paraphernalia, and antiques.
Brussels, Belgium

Autoworld

From motorcycles to firetrucks and sports cars to horse-drawn carriages, this Belgian collection goes beyond rare cars.
In partnership with KAYAK

Plan Your Trip

From Around the Web