Find here content of Newsletter N° 22 – April 2024

Intro

With spring, exhibitions are popping up in car museums around the world. The themes are very varied, brands, sport, society and art are on the program! The Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena changes a very large part of the collection on display to focus on the brand’s unique models over the decades, as well as on famous engines. Ferrari is also in the spotlight with the new exhibition of the National Automobile Museum – Loh Collection (Ewersbach, Germany) while the Matra Museum (France) makes its 2024 exhibition to Italian production. Focus on Style and Design at l’Aventure Peugeot (Sochaux, France) and on the Citroën CX which celebrates its 50th anniversary at the Lorraine Automobile Museum (near Nancy, France), while the Musée National de L’Automobile – Collection Schlumpf (Mulhouse, France) hosts a selection from the collection of H.S.H. the Prince of Monaco. The Cité Rétro Mécanique Maurice Dufresne (France) reopens its doors for the 2024 season with a varied program of activities and will participate in particular in the JNVE (National Day of Vintage Vehicles) of the FFVE, while CadyCars (Belgium) renews its Open Doors weekend operation. In the United States, the Corvette Museum (USA) hosts a major exhibition of hyper-realistic paintings on the theme of cars and motorcycles, and the Savoy Museum highlights women racing drivers in cooperation with the WINMA association. Well, it’s not an exhibition, but I thought it would be interesting to talk about M@RS, the public digital database set up by Mercedes Benz Classics, an incredible mine of information about the brand with the star.

Info on web site

A new museum in a new country this month, with the referencing of the Auto Museum Via Baltica in Estonia, which presents an interesting collection of Soviet-era cars little known in the rest of the world, but also some nuggets from Europe and the United States.

Visit of the month

For the year 2024, the Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena is almost completely renewing its contents for an exceptional exhibition of unique models from the beginning of the brand to recent productions.

Exhibitions of the month

  • Viaggio in Italia at The Matra Museum
    Matra Museum, Romorantin, France Until October 13, 2024 Viaggio in Italia (Journey to Italy) at the Matra Museum with representatives of the Italian automotive industry, both sporty and popular. On …
  • Women in Motorsports
    Savoy Automobile Museum, Cartersville (Georgia), USA Until July 7, 2024 Women competed in motor racing events from the start, with the first note of female participation in the USA dating …
  • From Monaco to Mulhouse
    National Automobile Museum – Schlumpf Collection, Mulhouse, France April 13 – November 3, 2024 The exhibition “From Monaco to Mulhouse – The Collection of Prince Albert II” presents a selection …
  • CadyCars Open Weekend April 2024
    Passion for Cars (Cady Cars) Ieper, Belgium April 27 and 28, 2024 Passion for Cars is usually open only for groups and by appointment, but the museum is hosting a …
  • LUSTER at Corvette Museum
    National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, KY, USA Until end of 2024 “LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting” is a traveling museum exhibition comprised of over 55 …
  • M@RS – Digital Archive of Mercedes-Benz Classic
    The Mercedes-Benz Corporate Archive is a unique treasure trove spanning more than 135 years of automotive history. Mercedes-Benz Classic therefore set out to compile and digitize its archives to make …
  • Ferrari – masterpieces for road and track
    National Automuseum – The Loh Collection, Dietzhölztal, Germany Until March 2025 With the temporary exhibition “Ferrari – Masterpieces for Road and Track”, the Nationales Automuseum and the Loh Collection present …
  • Citroen CX – 50 Years
    Lorraine Automobile Museum, Nancy, France Until May 12th, 2024 Introduced end of August 1974, the Citroën CX is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The Lorraine Automobile Museum is getting …
  • Peugeot Style & Design
    L’Aventure Peugeot Museum, Sochaux, France Until September 22nd, 2024 With the “Peugeot Style & Design” exhibition, the Aventure Peugeot Museum aims to retrace 120 years of automotive design history from …
  • One of a Kind at Enzo Ferrari Museum
    Copyright Enzo Ferrari Museum Copyright Enzo Ferrari Museum Introduction In 2024, the Enzo Ferrari Museum offers an exceptional presentation, since instead of a simple temporary exhibition of a few models, …
  • Passion for Cars Open Weekend
    Passion for Cars (Cady Cars), Ieper, Belgium October 14 and 15, 2023 Passion for Cars Ypres (Belgium) is usually open only for groups and by appointment, but the museum is …