The museum is not purely for cars; there are also trophies, photographs and other historical objects relating to the Italian motor racing industry.

The museum first opened in February 1990,[1] with a new wing being added in October 2004.

[2] The exhibits are mostly a combination of Ferrari road and track cars.

[5] One part of the exhibition, The Hall of Victories, displayed some of the most important Ferrari cars driven by Schumacher in his 11 years with the Scuderia Ferrari team:[6] The exhibition featured two road cars whose development Schumacher has contributed to:[7] The black FXX Evoluzione number 30 was not included in the exhibition.

On 1 February 2019 the exhibition was visited by Schumacher’s son Mick, who had recently signed with the Ferrari Driver Academy.