Elizabethtown, Kentucky -
Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia

Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia

A museum full of historic soft drink bottles, ads, and memorabilia; supposedly the world's largest collection of Coke stuff not held by the Coca-Cola company. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia

After 44 years in business, the Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia closed without warning on April 27, 2011. The entire collection of some 80,000 items -- including a Coke ad painted on the side of a barn -- will be sold at a series of auctions over the next several years. Plans for the closing had apparently been underway for years. They were kept secret, according to one news report, to allow visitors to have a pleasant time up to the very last day. [RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 04/27/2011]

Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia

The world's largest private collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia is now being showcased in a brand new location in Elizabethtown, Kentucky! Come view unique items such as a turn of the century bottling production exhibit, a reproduction 1950's soda fountain where you can enjoy a 5 cent Coke, a barnside from a barn in Georgia advertising the world's favorite soft drink, and many many more! [Mercedes, 10/16/2006]

Bottled Up No Longer: Coke Museum to Move
Schmidt's Coca-Cola Museum, Elizabethtown, KY, plans to move to a new building designed by a fancy pants world-renowned architect by the year 2000. The world's largest private collection of Coke memorabilia will relocate to a building with 40,000 square feet of exhibit space.... [10/11/1997] Complete News Story