I make it a point to visit motorcycle and car muse...

I make it a point to visit motorcycle and car museums wherever I travel and Barber's ranks right near the top. And if we are speaking only of motorcycles it is the top! Best motorcycle museum I've ever been to. I rode (a motorcycle of course) from Houston to Birmingham just to see the museum and I wasn't disappointed. I stayed in a hotel the night before and got to the museum a couple of minutes after they opened. I think I was the second or third person in. I was the last visitor out. 9am to 5pm and still didn't see everything. Simply amazing. They have bikes here that you won't see anywhere else. From many different countries and eras. Some of the more modern bikes are relatively commonplace.
In fact I've owned a few like them. But still the vast majority of the bikes are "not to be missed" motorcycles. They don't have room to display every bike they own, some have to be kept in storage. So stop back more than once and you may see different bikes.

I don't understand the negative reviews. Especially about the staff. I spoke with several staff members on several occasions. Everyone was friendly and helpful. I remember asking the guy at the desk if they had a Csepel and he went to the trouble of looking it up. Unfortunately they didn't, but that's another story.

If I had any suggestion it would be that they should have a cafeteria. I couldn't tear myself away from the museum so I didn't eat anything that day until after leaving the museum at 5pm.