Petersen Automotive Museum just announced a brand-new collection of some of the most famous and iconic vehicles to grace film...
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 at the museum. A full house heard welcoming comments from the museum’s executive director Terry Karges before board member Charles Nearburg, in whose Family Gallery the Eagles are being displayed,...
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 has announced an upcoming two-part exhibit series curated in partnership with renowned Porsche-themed event organizers Luftgekühlt. The first special exhibition, called “Pfaffenhausen Speed Shop – The RUF Gallery,” will feature eight bespoke supercars and restomod classics from German manufacturer RUF. The second display, which is opening...
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...
For those looking to be truly amazed by the evolution of the automobile, it’s time to plan a trip to Southern California. The Petersen Automotive Museum is launching four new exhibits this August, marking its largest simultaneous exhibit launch to date. Each exhibit showcases a range of automotive innovations, from...
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...
Museum Co-Chair Bruce Meyer (right) and project architect A. Eugene Kohn. The Petersen Automotive Museum announced at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance that it will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2014 by commencing a complete exterior transformation and a dynamic redesign of the interior, resulting in a world-class museum that...
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...
One year after its grand re-opening, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles will unveil the most comprehensive retrospective on the Bugatti family ever seen, showcasing the art, sculpture, furniture and automobiles of the family that changed automotive design, engineering and racing during the art deco period. “Art of Bugatti” will...
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,...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced a new exhibit that explores the world of hypercars, the fastest and most exclusive cars money can buy, which is coming to the museum on December 4, 2021. Over the next 18 months, the exhibit “Hypercars: The Allure of the Extreme” will rotate up...
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....
The Bugatti name is widely known in the automotive world for the selection of exquisite roadcars and racecars produced by Automobiles Ettore Bugatti. What may not be as well recognized is that the automobile was not the only art form pursued by the Bugatti family, as four generations have made...
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...
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...
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...
The Hill Family and L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum marked the 50th Anniversary of Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship for Ferrari at the museum last November with a tribute to America’s first F1 titlist during which various contemporaries shared memories of and stories about him. The evening was highlighted by a...
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...
Sam Posey was presented with the Spirit of Competition award at a gala dinner at the Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia during the first week of December. Posey distinguished himself as a racing driver by competing in Formula One, Indycars, Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 5000 and endurance races at venues like...
