Museo Enzo Ferrari (Modena)

There are two Ferrari museums; this one is in Modena, the other by the factory in suburban Maranello.

Enzo Ferrari (1898-1998) loved his native Modena enough to put the city's yellow on his badge, behind the prancing pony, and Modena loves Ferrari right back. Open in 2012, this museum pays homage to his life and times. The house where Enzo was born, next to the workshop where his father worked on rail carriages, has been restored to house the Museo dei Motori, with various engines on display from a small two cylinder model to F1, along with a collection of race cars and videos.

Next to it rises the curving glass facade of a slick ultra contemporary hall in the shape of a yellow Ferrari bonnet (big enough to get in the faces of workers in the nearby Masserati factory). Films cover Enzo's long, colourful life (he died at age 90, still working on the blue prints of his next car). There are changing exhibits, which not surprisingly focus on cars, set up on white plinths. You can also spend 10 minutes driving a GT simulator (€25).