RV Founders Hall Museum

Explore the RV industry’s history through historic vehicles, photographs, memorabilia, and the technological changes that helped shape recreational travel in America.

A Road Back Through RV History

Walk through a collection that presents the chronological and technological development of recreational vehicles, from the years before World War I through later generations of trailers and motorhomes. Historic vehicles, photographs, and memorabilia connect individual designs with the broader story of recreational travel.

Alongside the featured vehicles below, the collection includes the 1931 Tennessee Traveler, the 1932 Gilkie Tent Trailer, the 1954 Ranger pop-up trailer by Hille Engineering, a 1969 Ford-based chassis-mount motorhome, and the 1977 Travco. Together, these examples offer a closer look at the variety of vehicles that became part of American travel history.

Highlights from the Collection

Mae West’s 1931 Chevrolet Housecar

Built for Paramount Studios for Mae West when she moved from vaudeville into motion pictures in 1931.

1985 Bounder Prototype

Fleetwood founder John Crean’s 1985 prototype for the 1986–87 Bounder.

1974 GMC Motorhome

A classic example from the collection that illustrates the evolving design of American motorhomes.