The “Eagles Have Landed” exhibit honoring Dan Gurney at LA’s Petersen Automotive Museum opened last Friday night with a reception...
Art Chrisman, a drag racer who could do it all — design, build, prepare and drive record-breaking racecars — has...
Phil Hill, who became America’s first F1 World Champion 50 years ago, is the subject of a special exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Scheduled to run from early September through Thanksgiving weekend, the exhibit, Phil Hill: The Life of a Legend, includes photos, trophies and memorabilia...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced an upcoming two-part exhibit series curated in partnership with renowned Porsche-themed event organizers Luftgekühlt....
Although Covid-19 has impacted our ability to travel and visit some of the greatest museums in the world, the Petersen Automotive...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced the opening of its first-ever exhibit dedicated solely to Formula 1. “Pole Position: The Juan Gonzalez Formula 1 Collection” will present a varied collection of modern F1 cars surrounded by a 180-degree immersive video conveying the energy of the races in which these cars...
For those looking to be truly amazed by the evolution of the automobile, it’s time to plan a trip to...
For enthusiasts looking for digital entertainment while practicing social distancing, the Petersen Automotive Museum will stream Vault tours during its...
Despite the Petersen Automotive Museum currently closed to the public, the staff at the museum have created an exhibit that presents the history of the “Supercar” over a century of refinement called “Supercars: A Century of Spectacle and Speed.” Although being popularized in the 1960s, the “supercar” has been around for over...
Museum Co-Chair Bruce Meyer (right) and project architect A. Eugene Kohn. The Petersen Automotive Museum announced at the Pebble Beach...
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Chevrolet Corvette “America’s Sports Car,” the Petersen Automotive Museum is hosting two days...
Although the Petersen Automotive Museum remains closed to the public due to COVID-19, the museum will continue its eight-year tradition of Breakfast Club Cruise-Ins in a new digital format. The museum has opened submissions for the world’s first global, virtual Cars and Coffee event, which will consist of a 90-minute...
One year after its grand re-opening, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles will unveil the most comprehensive retrospective on the...
One year after its grand re-opening, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles will unveil the most comprehensive retrospective on the Bugatti...
The newly released documentary film chronicling Bruce McLaren’s life, McLaren, will have its Los Angeles premiere on Saturday, June 24, when the Petersen Automotive Museum screens the film at 7 p.m. The documentary recounts the New Zealander’s life from his humble beginnings at his father’s auto shop in Auckland, to...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced a new exhibit that explores the world of hypercars, the fastest and most exclusive...
A special display of more than a dozen famously red Ferraris will open at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los...
“Staying current” in the automobile industry is no easy task, especially when your first responsibility is to preserve the past. Nevertheless, the Petersen Museum continues to do “just that” as shown by hosting the recent discussion “Future of Motorsports”. Held during the Velocity Invitational at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca, the...
The Bugatti name is widely known in the automotive world for the selection of exquisite roadcars and racecars produced by...
Charles Gordon-Lennox, the Duke of Richmond, Lennox, Aubigny and Gordon — previously known as Lord March — will be honored...
The Petersen Automotive Museum (above, David Zaitz photo) is the recipient of the 2016 International Historic Motoring Award for Museum or Collection of the Year. The award was presented to Petersen Board Chairman Peter Mullin at the Guildhall in London last Thursday, November 17, given in honor of the facility’s...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will host Bruce Meyer’s ALL- AMERICAN CRUISE-IN with special programming celebrating Carroll Shelby and “Ford v...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is going through a metamorphosis. The Museum Foundation, headed by chairman Steven E....
The Petersen Automotive Museum has freshly announced a two-part exhibit series that will be curated in partnership with the Porsche-themed event organizers Luftgekühlt. The first special exhibit is called “Pfaffenhausen Speed Shop – The RUF Gallery”. It will showcase the German manufacturer RUF, displaying eight bespoke supercars and restomod classics. The second display, opening in August, will feature the...
The Hill Family and L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum marked the 50th Anniversary of Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship for Ferrari...
This year’s second annual Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance has been scheduled for the Saturday of Fathers Day weekend, June 16, from...
Beginning February 3, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles will present “The Porsche Effect,” a new exhibit of 50 of the “most iconic sport cars of all time,” celebrating the global impact of Porsche’s legendary automobiles. The new exhibit — organized in partnership with Porsche Cars North America and staged...
Sam Posey was presented with the Spirit of Competition award at a gala dinner at the Simeone Automotive Museum in...
The search for rare or interesting automobiles to profile for Vintage Road & Racecar has a few obvious starting points. Concours,...
The Racing History Project has announced its event schedule for 2017. Coming off a string of successful fundraisers in Pomona and Monterey, the non-profit that’s dedicated to preserving and promoting racing history has developed a promising series of events for the coming year. All events will take place at the Wally...
