From VW's "Think Small" ad in the late 50's to "See the USA in your Chevrolet" to BMW's "The Ultimate Driving Machine", some automotive advertisements have defined car brands and stood the test of time. Join ACM's Curator of Exhibitry, Scot Keller, as he shares the history behind some of these iconic campaigns. This event […]
Who doesn't love a good mix tape on a long ride or to stay up to date on the traffic ahead? Join us as ACM Collections volunteer, Daniel J. Reeb, shares the history of the car radio and the technological advances that allowed for the personal entertainment we've all come to enjoy while cruising down […]
Join Jeff Gordner, former ACM Facilities Manager, as he discusses the construction of our iconic building. Mr. Gordner will share information about both the interior and exterior of the structure, focusing especially on the wooden beams that create its unique shape. There are many chapters to the story of the automobile. If cars could talk, […]
Join ACM Curator of Collections, Renée Crist, as well as members of the Ford Model A club, as they update us on the Museum's Ford Model A Cabriolet restoration project. The team is currently performing a frame-off restoration of the 1930 Ford Model A Cabriolet, which is part of the ACM Collection and has never […]
Join ACM Volunteer, Dr. Vic Varkonyi, to learn more about cars during this historic period. If cars could talk in 1939, they would have revved their engines in pride as to how far they had already traveled down the road of automotive technology. Amazingly, most all of the components in the vehicles that got us […]
Greg Stacy, Marketing Director at Saleen Automotive and consummate auto enthusiast with over 20 years experience will be here for a very special edition of our monthly speaker series "If Cars Could Talk." Join us on Tuesday, February 11 at 11:30 am for a chat on all things Saleen! After the talk, Greg will head […]
In 1909, Alice Ramsey left New York City in a 1909 Maxwell DA and became the first woman to make the transcontinental journey from New York to California. She and her all-female team accomplished this impressive feat just six years after the first successful male cross-country drive, making headlines and cementing their place in history. One hundred […]
Each day Pierce County drivers pass along part of a once-grand racetrack and don't even know it. The Tacoma Speedway operated between 1912 and 1922 on a track that looped through what is now Lakewood's commercial core. It rivaled the best tracks in the country and offered the largest purses in hopes of drawing racers to […]
Join Harriet Baskas, Humanities WA speaker, and Renée Crist, ACM Curator of Collections, for a special If Cars Could Talk about the unusual history of transportation in the Pacific Northwest. This event will be presented via Zoom and pre-registration is required. Please use the link below to RSVP for this event. Registration will close at […]
Ken Miles, Carrol Shelby, Phil Hill, Parnelli Jones. All iconic, internationally known 1950s sports car racers, and each of them raced here on south Puget Sound courses in the 1950s. Shelton and Bremerton hosted these famous drivers and their equally famous cars: Ferraris, Maseratis, Jaguars, Mercedes-Benz and all the rest, over a seven-year stretch that […]
