Find here content of Newsletter N° 13 – June 2023
Intro
Many exhibitions this month… The 24 Hours of Le Mans always in the spotlight, with “The Grand Exhibition” at the 24 Hours Museum which celebrated with pomp the centenary of the race. At the Corvette Museum (USA), a new gallery has just been inaugurated, to complete the permanent exhibition with an educational touch. Corvette also in Belgium, where Autoworld celebrates the 70th anniversary of the American sports car. Always muscle at the Audrain Museum (Newport, USA) which offers to browse the history of muscle cars with some emblematic models. At the Savoy Museum (Georgia, USA), muscle also but in a different style with the great saga of pickups, from the first utilitarian machines to the most recent pickups stuffed with horsepwer. Less power, lighter, but still sporty, the cyclecars presented at the Louwman Museum opened motorsport to a new category of drivers. Finally, the National Automobile Museum in Beaulieu (England) dives in the automotive environment, revisiting the visions we had in the past of the future of mobility. Note that due to many exhibitions and activities presented by museums during the summer, a “special summer” newsletter will be distributed in a few days.
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3 New museums on the site this month (now 93 referenced museums), 3 museums of enthusiasts but very different in their style and content. In Ypres, Belgium, Passion for Cars exhibits sporty and prestigious cars, European and American, and an exceptional collection of Citroen SM. In Normandy, Station 70 presents some youngtimers, but especially a large collection of 2 wheels and automobilia, as well as several dioramas, while in Aigues-Mortes (France), it is rather older cars often pre-war that are discovered.
Visite of the month
Ephemeral museum created for the Centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and which was an exceptional, unique exhibition that we will probably not be seen again. Back in words and moreover in photos, in particular for those who did not have the chance to visit it.
Exhibitions of the month
- From Cyclecar to Grand Sport
Louwman Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands July 7th to September 3, 2023 From Cyclecar to Grand Sport evokes a period of the automobile between the years 1914 and 1930, when … - Motopia? Past Future Visions
National Motor Museum Beaulieu, England Up to April 14th, 2024 The term Motopia was created in 1959 by British architect Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe as the place where vehicles and humans … - More Than Just American Muscle
Audrain Automobile Museum, Newport, RI, USA Until September 10, 2023 The muscle car era started its evolution in the late 1940s and 50s with the introduction of cars such as … - McMichael Family Education Gallery
National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA All year The National Corvette Museum just opened the McMichael Family Education Gallery, its fully reimagined, 2,500-square-foot dedicated education gallery on April 28. … - Chevrolet Corvette a Legend turns 70
Autoworld Museum, Brussels, Belgium Until August 27, 2023 With Chevrolet Corvette a Legend turns 70, Autoworld celebrates the America’s most legendary sports car. The name “Corvette” alone recalls the American … - Haul of Fame
Savoy Automobile Museum, Cartersville (Georgia), USA Until Octobre 1st, 2023 The Savoy Automobile Museum plays on words with its Haul of Fame exhibition. It is therefore to the American’s favorite …