National Motorcycle Museum Closes in Anamosa

The National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa closed its doors for the final time Monday after more than 30 years in eastern Iowa.  

The museum, which operated as a nonprofit, closed after financial struggles that were worsened by the pandemic. 

The museum was packed Monday with some visitors who drove – or even flew – hundreds of miles to see the collection of Americana before it was too late. The chair of the board of directors for the museum, Jill Parham, had been keeping the museum going after the death of her husband, John Parham, in 2017.

The items in the museum will be auctioned off, with the bidding beginning on Thursday.

story and photo courtesy of Radio Iowa/KCRG