Following a 14-month total transformation that shrouded the exterior with ribbons of stainless steel and packed the interior with priceless...
Barrett-Jackson will host a nine-day celebration of the company’s 45th anniversary in Scottsdale, Arizona, from Jan. 23-31, 2016, at WestWorld...
Following a 14-month total transformation that shrouded the exterior with ribbons of stainless steel and packed the interior with priceless vehicles and cutting-edge technology, the Petersen Automotive Museum at the gateway of Los Angeles’ famed Museum Row has reopened on time, on budget and packed with hundreds of new sights,...
For readers in the Los Angeles area — or, conceivably, further afield — a couple of upcoming events at the...
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles hosted the Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) 50th Anniversary Reunion last Saturday. The legendary...
• British racing legend, Formula One television analyst, 2009 Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee, businessman and all-around raconteur David Hobbs will share his escapades as the highlighted guest speaker during the annual Picnic in the Park at this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion on Saturday, August 20. The annual picnic...
As noted each of the last two weeks, The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best award, celebrating automotive design and...
One year after its grand re-opening, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles will unveil the most comprehensive retrospective on the...
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...
The Petersen Automotive Museum honored motorsports legend Dan Gurney with its 2016 Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award — in...
One year after its grand re-opening, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles will unveil the most comprehensive retrospective on the Bugatti...
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 Museum on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles is preparing to open a new exhibit honoring Dan Gurney called...
The “Eagles Have Landed” exhibit honoring Dan Gurney at LA’s Petersen Automotive Museum opened last Friday night with a reception...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will honor “The King,” Richard Petty (above, left, Hal Crocker photo), with the museum’s Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award at a March 23 gala birthday celebration. The event will feature an all-star panel including son Kyle Petty, former NASCAR champions Jeff Gordon and Rusty Wallace,...
A special display of more than a dozen famously red Ferraris will open at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los...
The newly released documentary film chronicling Bruce McLaren’s life, McLaren, will have its Los Angeles premiere on Saturday, June 24,...
Charles Gordon-Lennox, the Duke of Richmond, Lennox, Aubigny and Gordon — previously known as Lord March — will be honored at the Petersen Automotive Museum’s 23rd annual gala on October 14. The special event will be emceed by Late Late Show host James Corden and sponsored by Porsche. In bestowing...
Beginning February 3, the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles will present “The Porsche Effect,” a new exhibit of 50 of...
Photos from opening night at the Petersen Museum’s new “The Porsche Effect” exhibition, which will run throughout 2018....
In conjunction with its ongoing exhibit The Porsche Effect, L.A.’s Petersen Museum will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Porsche 964’s debut at the 1988 Frankfurt Auto Show by hosting “Luft X Petersen – 30 years of the 964,” a VIP Reception on Friday, April 20, during the weekend of...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced its upcoming exhibits set to debut on May 26, 2018. The first part of...
After decades spent amassing one of the most significant private collections in the world, restaurant magnate Herb Wetanson has decided...
On Saturday, February 23, 2019, the Petersen Automotive Museum will open its newest exhibit featuring 10 groundbreaking racecars, each with a unique story of triumph and victory, from the collection of Petersen Founding Chairman Bruce Meyer. Titled “Winning Numbers: The First, The Fastest, The Famous,” the exhibit will include exceptional...
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 will debut a new exhibit featuring 10 custom vehicles, donated from Metallica frontman James Hetfield’s personal...
For enthusiasts looking for digital entertainment while practicing social distancing, the Petersen Automotive Museum will stream Vault tours during its temporary closure. Led by Collection Manager Dana Williamson, the hour-long digital tour provides rare access to never-before-seen race cars, movie cars and culturally significant vehicles from the Vault presented by...
Although the Petersen Automotive Museum remains closed to the public due to COVID-19, the museum will continue its eight-year tradition...
The Petersen Automotive Museum has announced an upcoming two-part exhibit series curated in partnership with renowned Porsche-themed event organizers Luftgekühlt....
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...