A plaque commemorating the property's historic designation is displayed in the museum. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The original museum building outside turn one was converted into additional office space. It officially operated under the name Hall of Fame Museum, but was known colloquially as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. The relocated and expanded museum reopened to the public on April 5, 1976, coinciding with the year-long United States Bicentennial celebration. In addition to the museum, the two-story building housed the speedway's administrative offices, ticket office, a gift shop, and photography department. In 1975, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway broke ground on a new 96,000-square-foot (8,900 m 2) museum and administration building in the track's infield. According to Speedway publicist Al Bloemker, by 1961, the museum was seeing an average of 5,000 visitors per week (not including month of May crowds). When it opened, it only had six cars however, within a few years, dozens of collector cars were being donated and acquired, quickly outgrowing available space. Exhibits included Ray Harroun's 1911 Indianapolis 500-winning car and a handful of other vehicles. Wilbur Foster and Associates and sited on the property's southwest corner at the intersection of 16th Street and Georgetown Road. The first museum at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was completed April 7, 1956. It is located in the infield of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway race course, and is open year-round, except on certain holidays including Thanksgiving and Christmas. The museum dates back to 1956, and moved to the current building in 1976. The museum is independently owned and operated by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) organization. The museum foundation possesses several former Indianapolis 500 winning cars, and pace cars, and they are regularly rotated onto the display floor exhibits.
In 2006, it celebrated its 50th anniversary.
It is intrinsically linked to the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400, but it also includes exhibits reflecting other forms of motorsports, passenger cars, and general automotive history. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is an automotive museum on the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, which houses the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame.
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