The Petersen Automotive Museum has just debuted its newest exhibit, “Eyes on the Road: Art of the Automotive Landscape.” The...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will celebrate “Dream Cars” from the 1950s with its newest exhibit, “GM’s Marvelous Motorama: Dream Cars...
The Petersen Automotive Museum recently opened a new exhibit titled “Splendor and Speed: Treasures of the Petersen Collection” that unites the most rare and renowned vehicles and artifacts in the Petersen’s collection. Visitors have a unique opportunity to view these historically significant objects as a cohesive display, showcasing the diversity and...
Appearing for the first time in North America in over 30 years, “Andy Warhol: Cars – Works from the Mercedes-Benz...
“Staying current” in the automobile industry is no easy task, especially when your first responsibility is to preserve the past....
By Dennis Gray, Bill Wagenblatt, & Rex McAfee On my way home from the Velocity Invitational held at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca, I have a few thoughts I would like to share. Event organizer Jeff O’Neill and his band of jolly pranksters have brought European-style vintage racing to America, period....
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced a new exhibit that explores the world of hypercars, the fastest and most exclusive...
On November 14, Sunday, Britweek – the annual celebration of British culture and innovation in Los Angeles – will be...
The Peterson Museum in Los Angeles is filled with wonderful automotive treasures. The eye-catching post-war muscle cars, sports cars, exotic supercars and racecars are amongst the most popular with visitors. We are all fascinated with fast cars and the technology used to create them. One of the greatest performance cars...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will present a new exhibit celebrating the 60th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise through...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has opened the second of two Luftgekühlt exhibits, Prototype Giants, which focuses on the history and legacy of...
Petersen Automotive Museum, in partnership with Coker Tier who will be the presenting sponsor of the showcase recently announced that they will be hosting a curated display of cars from the personal collection of James Hetfield. The collection can be found at The Quail: A Motorsport Gathering which will open...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced the opening of its first-ever exhibit dedicated solely to Formula 1. “Pole Position: The...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced an upcoming two-part exhibit series curated in partnership with renowned Porsche-themed event organizers Luftgekühlt....
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...
For enthusiasts looking for digital entertainment while practicing social distancing, the Petersen Automotive Museum will stream Vault tours during its...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will debut a new exhibit featuring 10 custom vehicles, donated from Metallica frontman James Hetfield’s personal...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will host Bruce Meyer’s ALL- AMERICAN CRUISE-IN with special programming celebrating Carroll Shelby and “Ford v Ferrari” on Sunday, January 26, 2020, at 8 a.m. The Petersen hosts a themed cruise-in the last Sunday of every month. This month, cruise-in attendees will see a wide selection...
On Saturday, February 23, 2019, the Petersen Automotive Museum will open its newest exhibit featuring 10 groundbreaking racecars, each with...
After decades spent amassing one of the most significant private collections in the world, restaurant magnate Herb Wetanson has decided...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced its upcoming exhibits set to debut on May 26, 2018. The first part of the exhibit, titled “The Roots of Monozukuri: Creative Spirit in Japanese Automaking” will illuminate key elements of Japanese design philosophy in the years preceding its climb to market dominance in...
In conjunction with its ongoing exhibit The Porsche Effect, L.A.’s Petersen Museum will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Porsche...
Photos from opening night at the Petersen Museum’s new “The Porsche Effect” exhibition, which will run throughout 2018....
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...
Charles Gordon-Lennox, the Duke of Richmond, Lennox, Aubigny and Gordon — previously known as Lord March — will be honored...
The newly released documentary film chronicling Bruce McLaren’s life, McLaren, will have its Los Angeles premiere on Saturday, June 24,...
A special display of more than a dozen famously red Ferraris will open at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles on April 29 as the museum presents “Seeing Red: 70 Years of Ferrari.” The Prancing Horse exhibit will run through April of 2018. Included among the fabled Italian cars...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will honor “The King,” Richard Petty (above, left, Hal Crocker photo), with the museum’s Robert E....
The “Eagles Have Landed” exhibit honoring Dan Gurney at LA’s Petersen Automotive Museum opened last Friday night with a reception...
The Petersen Museum on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles is preparing to open a new exhibit honoring Dan Gurney called “The Eagles Have Landed.” The exhibit in the museum’s Charles Nearburg Family Gallery will showcase the diversity of the various racing cars constructed by Gurney’s All American Racers in nearby...
