The Friends of Ferguson Heritage Ltd. -Museums and Private Collections Outside the British Isles

Australia

• Westbury Steam Museum, Westbury, Tasmania

  Described as a 'Vintage Tractor Shed'. Even at first sight, this appears to be a well stocked collection- then you realise that there is another shed yet... Then another... .

• Gunnedah Rural Museum, New South Wales

  . The most striking thing about this museum was the stock yard at the rear. As I remember, it covered about an acre and was filled with the carcasses of tractors of all makes. As a tractor enthusiast, your reaction to this museum will be akin to that of a child in a sweet factory.
• There are some good links to Australian museums on Stephen Gaunt's web pages.

Holland

• MHF Museum, Witte paal 143, 1742 NX Schagen.

  Tel. [Holland] 0224297670
  www.piet.mooijmhf.tk/
  A true museum for anything Massey-Harris-Ferguson. The collection is extensive. Contained are Massey-Harris tractors including the general-purpose tractor and Massey-Harris implements of various types. Also Mr.Mooij has the range of Fergusons TE-20 and Ferguson-Brown and the Ford 9N/Ferguson, FE35 and MF35/42/65 and some other types of French origin. Also a lot of original Ferguson implements and other things like miniatures, leaflets, etc. The collection is on permanent view but visitors must make an appointment. Mr. Mooy has a large stock of used parts so people can call the same number for parts. René de Bruin

New Zealand

• The Glenfalls Collection

  John & Alison Walsh Address: 171B Maungatapu Road, RD1, MORRINSVILLE 3371, New Zealand
  Telephone: +64 7 8873832 or +64 21 0461310
  Email: jwalsh171@gmail.com
  This large private museum of tractors concentrates on the Ferguson Brand. It includes rare examples of tractors and implements encompassing British Wallis, Massey Harris, Ferguson Brown, Ford Ferguson, Ferguson and Massey Ferguson. The collection has an added New Zealand focus to it and includes many historic implements and memorabilia which became part of the Ferguson System here in New Zealand. Open by appointment only.
  

Norway

• Norsk Motorhistorisk Museum

  Lindstad vestre, N-2335 Stange Norway http://welcome.to/nmhm/
  Tel: +47 6257 2200 or (evenings) +47 6257 2425
  Fax: +47 6257 2552 e-mail: nmhm@online.no
  About 150 motorized vehicles and machines, comprising bikes, cars, stationary engines, tractors, and construction machines.

USA

• The Henry Ford Museum

  Dearborn, near Detroit, Michigan, USA.
  www.hfmgv.org/
  has Ford Ferguson tractors plus Massey-Harris combines.
  Ford Ferguson tractors plus Massey-Harris combines.

France

• The COMPA , Conservatoire de l'Agriculture

  1 rue de la République 28300-MAINVILLIERS (2 km from the cathedral of CHARTRES)
  In a large and luxurious building with a lot of exhibited things like a copy of the harvester machine of Cyrus Mc Cormick. There are 2 very old tractors, Case and Sawyer-Massey. There is a Ford 2N and several hot bulb tractors from Germany and from France.
  You can see more on their Website www.lecompa.fr

• The Musée artisanal et régional de la Bertauge

  RD3 51460-SOMME-VESLE (20 km from the city of Chalons-en-Champagne)
  It is not in a luxurious building but you can see plenty of tractors, plenty of ploughs and several tools for vineyards (vine of Champagne).
  For the "FoFH" members, the interestings things are:
  • one true Sherman-Ferguson plough of 1925 . Sometimes there are demonstrations of this "dual hitch" plough.
  • one Ferguson trailer Mark 1, with the first towing device
  • two Ford 2N
  • one off-center MF35 tractor put under a beet harvester machine
  • a large panel explaining how the Ferguson plough is convenient for the traditional theory of plowing
  • several Ferguson tools
  You can see more on their Website www.musee-rural.com

• Musee Regional Du Mechanisme Agricole

  68 bis, rue de Chaussee, La Ferte Milon, Aisne 02
  An interesting collection of tractors. Most are French with some American and British models. About 40 tractors with some engines and machinery. A collection well worth a visit. Open Saturday and Sunday. Tony Hooton

South Africa

• The Natal Vintage Tractor and Machinery Club

  Baynesfield Estate, near Pietermaritzburg in Kwa-Zulu Natal
  With a good collection of vintage agricultural machinery and always a Ferguson or two it is worth your while if you are in the area to pay a visit. If you really want to see tractors you should visit www.savtec.co.za and go to our club section to view our calendar of events. Richard Perks

Denmark

• Danmarks Ferguson Museum

  Danmarks Ferguson Museum, Købmagervej 1, Stourup, 7130 Juelsminde Mobile: +45 20 44 73 68 Email: henrik@fergusonmuseum.dk

  The museum and how it started.
  I have always been interested in farming and in tractors in particular. Therefore I built this museum on my native farm: Ankerslund. The museum opened to the public in 2000 and is today the world´s largest collection of Ferguson tractors and implements being open to the public. The museum is 100 % privately owned and receives no state subsidy. In the halls of exhibition we show the collection from about 1919 and up to our time together with other farming machinery, implements and other vehicles. Together with the Thursday club I have restored most of the tractors, and they are presented with data and story. However so far, only in Danish. The little grey Ferguson retired the workhorses and was really a boost in the mechanizing of the agriculture after the second world war. This meant more hands to the industry, and the little grey is therefore a pillar of the wealth we can enjoy today.
  www.fergusonmuseum.dk
  Henrik Nielsen

• Morsø Traktormuseum

  Kjeldgårdsvej 49, Outrup, DK-7900 Nykøbing Mors. Tel: +4597744352; Fax: +4597744392

  Morsø Tractor Museum is Denmark's oldest - the collection was established more than 25 years ago and the museum opened on the 23rd October 1980. The collection today comprises no less than 80 different tractors representing approximately 40 different manufacturers, the oldest being a Case from 1919 and the newest being a Hela from 1960. During the past 15 years the museum has imported veteran tractors from Eastern Germany and Poland, as well as from Holland, Germany, Canada, Norway, Sweden and the Czech republic, resulting in a unique collection. The museum comprises 1200 sq. metres spread over 4 buildings. Many of the tractors are exhibited with original implements.
  www.traktormuseum.net
  Hans Larsen

Iceland

• The Agricultural Museum of Iceland

  The museum has an extensive collection of farm artifacts from the first plows and other horse driven equipments in earlier times and the first tractors in Iceland to the more modern farms of today. The museum keeps the Iceland´s largest collection of farm machinery from 1880 and beyond; among them the first tractors in the country AND a small collection of Ferguson-tractors, and among them one of the very first Fergusons which came to Iceland - early in the year 1949.
  www.landbunadarsafn.is
  Bjarni Gudmundsson

Now take a look at Museums in the British Isles