The Museum was founded by the Assembly of the City of Belgrade and Bratislav Petkovic, a collector and owner of a collection of important cars in automotive history. The Museum is located in the edifice from 1929 which was built as a first public garage in Belgrade according to the design by the Russian architect Valery Stashevsky.

The oldest car in the collection is a Marot Gardon three-wheeled coupe from 1897. The most important models are automobiles that belonged to the royal family and Ford T – the first mass-produced car that was produced from 1908 to 1927. The model was named the best car of the 20^th century. In addition, the Museum houses Tito’s cars Cadillac Eldorado DeVille from 1957 and Mercedes 300C from 1955.