The Soap Box Derby is a youth-oriented soap box car racing program which has been running in the United States since 1934. Proclaimed "the greatest amateur racing event in the world", the program culminates each July at the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby World Championship held at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio, with winners from their local communities from across the US and abroad travelling to compete.
Since the Soap Box Derby's creation, numerous kid-built racers have been retired, most of them probably meeting their demise, or ending up in attics, basements or garages. Some of the survivors have made their way into public venues like bars and restaurants as decorative examples of Americana, or have been exhibited in museums honoring Soap Box Derby's heritage as an American institution.
Museums with Soap Box Derby racers Below is a list of various museums and historical institutions as well as venues open to the public that have in the past or are currently exhibiting Soap Box Derby racers or adding them to their permanent collections, usually acquired via donation by the cars' original owners.