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Enzo Ferrari Museum: History beneath yellow Modena skies
Lerato Matebese had the privilege of visiting the Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena, Italy
Museo Enzo Ferrari — or Enzo Ferrari Museum to you and me — is built just a stone’s throw from Enzo’s birthplace in Modena, Italy. The museum, apart from showcasing some of Ferrari’s best engines ever built, also includes his father, Alfredo, Ferrari’s metal-blacksmith workshop, which forged axles for the Italian railways, replete with an office that has been refurbished over the years, but still has the basic layout and files of documents including production inventories and invoices that Enzo’s father filed himself. The roof of the museum was inspired by a yellow bonnet of a Ferrari, which makes for a beautiful contrast of the bright blue sky on a balmy, summer’s day and yellow is also the official colour of Modena. Our recent trip to Maranello, Italy to drive the Ferrari 812 Superfast coincided with a visit to the museum of the founder of one of the most iconic sports car brands in the world. The setting itself does not look far removed from, say, the Franschhoek Motor Museum fro...
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