The Petersen Automotive Museum is located along Museum Row in Los Angeles, and it is one of the world’s largest automotive museums. The museum’s exhibitions cover the History, Industry, and Artistry of the Automobile Industry.
The museum has over 100 vehicles on display in 25 galleries. Another half of the collection is kept in a vault located on the basement level of the building. Age restrictions and an admission fee premium are in effect to view the vault collection.
The first floor focuses on automotive artistry with a collection of extravagant automobiles. The second floor is focused on industrial engineering covering design and performance. Displays include racing, motorcycles, hot rods, and customs.
The top floor chronicles the history of the automobile with an emphasis on the American car culture.
The building’s façade features a stainless-steel ribbon assembly made of 100 tons of 14-gauge type steel and 140,000 custom stainless-steel screws.
Petersen Automotive Museum – building’s façade with a stainless-steel ribbon
Highlights of the Petersen Automotive Museum
- An extensive Porsche exhibit
- A rare 1939 Porsche 64
- An exhibition on the history of the Japanese Automotive Industry
- An exhibition on powered children’s racecars
- The NASCAR Herbie used during the filming of Herbie: Fully Loaded
- Lightning McQueen from Disney Pixar Cars and Cars 2
- 1956 Jaguar XKSS formerly owned by Steve McQueen
- 1992 Batmobile from Batman Returns
- Ferrari 308 GTS Targa used by Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I.
- De Tomaso Pantera which belonged to Elvis Presley
- The DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future
- 1967 Ford MKIII GT40
Petersen Automotive Museum
- Name: Petersen Automotive Museum
- City: Los Angeles
- Country: United States
- Established: 1994
- Type: Automotive Museum
- Category: Specialist Museum
- Location: 6060 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States
1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen – Powered by a four-stroke internal combustion engine and had 3 spoke wheels on rubber tires
Petersen Automotive Museum – Map
Petersen Automotive Museum – 360 View
Petersen Automotive Museum – 360 View
Petersen Automotive Museum – 360 View
Petersen Automotive Museum – 360 View
Petersen Automotive Museum – 360 View
Tour of Automotive Museums
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
- Automotive Hall of Fame
- Petersen Automotive Museum
- Hellenic Motor Museum
- Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
Petersen Automotive Museum
New York Museums
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art or MET
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum
- Neue Galerie New York
- The Cloisters
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- American Museum of Natural History
- Museum of the City of New York
- New-York Historical Society
- Frick Collection
- Met Breuer
- Rubin Museum of Art
- Brooklyn Museum
Petersen Automotive Museum
Washington, D.C. Museums
- National Gallery of Art
- National Museum of American History
- National Air and Space Museum
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Portrait Gallery
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The Phillips Collection
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- International Spy Museum
Petersen Automotive Museum
Boston Museums
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Harvard Art Museums
- Freedom Trail
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
- USS Constitution
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard
Petersen Automotive Museum
Los Angeles Museums
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- Getty Museum
- California Science Center
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- The Broad
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- Petersen Automotive Museum
Petersen Automotive Museum
Petersen Automotive Museum
Petersen Automotive Museum
Petersen Automotive Museum
Petersen Automotive Museum
Virtual Tour of Automotive Museums
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
- Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum
- Automotive Hall of Fame
- Petersen Automotive Museum
- NASCAR Hall of Fame
- California Automobile Museum
- Hellenic Motor Museum
- Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
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– Elon Musk
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