Another Oberon museum

November 12, 2026

If you travel along Scotia Avenue you might notice the building with the sign "Skoda and Tatra Museum" and wondered what's inside. What's inside is a collection of vehicles and memorabilia related to the two car makers.

From Wikipedia:

The Škoda Works was founded by Czech engineer Emil von Škoda in 1859 in Plzeň, then in the Kingdom of Bohemia in the Austrian Empire, and was originally machinery and arms manufacturer. It was one of the largest European industrial conglomerates in the 20th century.

Tatra is a Czech vehicle manufacturer from Kopřivnice. Owned by the Tatra Trucks a.s. company, it is the third oldest company in the world producing motor vehicles with an unbroken history.

While Tatra vehicles are almost unknown in Australia, Škoda cars are currently sold here (the company is now a subsidiary of Volkswagen).

Here are some of the cars on display:

A rear-engined V8. Something you don't see every day.

Until now the museum has only been opened sporadically, but there are plans to open three or four times a year with different cars and other displays. See What's On for the dates.

One date that has been a regular is the annual Skoberon Art Exhibition, featuring paintings of Škoda cars done by local artists. The next one is on November 28, so put it in your diary.

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