Saturday, the Kansas City Auto Museum holds Cars and Coffee from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the museum in Olathe, Kansas.
The following day, the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, California holds its cars and coffee, also from 8 a.m to 10 a.m.
Car shows (with and without coffee):
The Blackhawk Museum holds its “Day at the Races,” on Saturday, which provides registered museum participants with parking next to the paddock at Sonoma Raceway during the Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival. Other features include use of the Simeraceway hospitality pavilion complex, and the opportunity to do laps in the participant’s own classic or collector vehicle during the SVRA’s lunch session, and a tour of the Simeraceway driving center.
The Gilmore Car Museum plays host to the 30th anniversary of The Classic Experience from today through Sunday. The event includes a driving tour, a Grand Classic Concours d’Elegance, and “The Experience” car show, all presented by the Classic Car Club of America Museum. The show features automobiles from 1915-1948.
The Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine, kicks off its 2016 car show season on Saturday and Sunday. Alongside the car show, open to vehicles pre-1996, the museum intends to demonstrate as many vehicles as possible from their ground vehicle collection, and beat last year’s record of 75.
The British Motor Museum stages its “National Metro & Mini Show” on Sunday. The show is set to include a “Car Gymkhana,” allowing participants to match a pre-set time around a track, other highlights include a concours, a non-concours with classes including Most Non-Functioning Accessories, Worst Interior, Biggest Area of Rust, Craziest Engine Bay, and more.
The Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan plans Cars and Coffees on Sunday, and August 27 and October 15.
LeMay-America’s Car Museum has its next cruise-in on June 9 in Tacoma, Washington. The cruise-ins are free and feature a DJ, food and the option to enter to win prizes and the people’s choice award. The remaining dates are July 14, August 11, September 8 and October 13. The museum holds its ninth “Classic and Vintage Commercial Show” on June 11-12, featuring more than 400 classic vehicles built before 1997.
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum offers cars and coffee on June 26 at the museum’s education and exhibit plaza.
The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, celebrates its 22nd anniversary in conjunction with “R8C Museum Delivery” over labor day weekend, September 1-3. The anniversary and R8C consist of car shows, seminars, road tours, and the Corvette Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will take place. This year, Bob Bondurant, Ralph Kramer, and the late Donna Mae Mims will be inducted.
The California Automobile Museum hosts “Cruise Fest on Fulton Avenue” on September 10. The show is set to include live music, a beer garden and food trucks.
And it’s not just cars:
The World of Speed Museum in Wilsonville, Oregon offers “simulator race series.” With the simulator set in Damage mode – meaning cars will behave and sustain injury like a car in real life – participants are given a practice run and qualifying run in the museums race similar on June 30, July 28, August 25, and September 29 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Drivers earning top qualifying race times will advance to the finals, held on October 27.
Additionally, the museum holds its 2016 Spark Gala on September 17. The event is an effort to raise funds for the museum’s educational programs.
The LeMay-America’s Car Museum holds its Wheels and Heels annual Gala on Saturday. Casino Royale is the theme and features sultry sounds on the Anderson Plaza, blackjack, or guests can spin the roulette wheel while sipping martinis, shaken not stirred. Funds raised at the Gala will benefit the museums education programs and the Hagerty Education Program at the museum.
The museum holds its fifth annual Vintage Motorcycle Festival, the MEET, on July 30.
On June 18-19, the National Corvette Museum hosts a live feed of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in the museum theater with live timing and scoring along with refreshments and hourly updates from the Corvette race team. Registration is $100.
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum offers discounted admission to the museum in Auburn, Indiana, to those who drive their classic cars to the museum on July 10 in celebration of Collector Car Appreciation Day.
October 21-22 the Simeone Museum in Philadelphia will host Corvette Racing Program Manager, Doug Fehan, and two-time Le Mans winning driver, Tommy Milner, for a 2-day celebration dedicated to Corvette Racing. Highlights of the event include dinner, a meet and greet, Demo Day, memorabilia auction, and autograph session.
Educational opportunities:
The Simeone Museum is holding The next class in a six-part series on the foundations of automotive photography at the Museum is June 4, followed by July 30, September 17 and October 29.
The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Museum’s series of monthly “Sprint Car 101 forums” will be held at the museum in Knoxville, Iowa, on June 11 and July 16.
The Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, offers Model T Ford driving classes. Each class is taught by long-time Model T owners and enthusiasts. Class dates are June 11, June 29, July 16, July 31, August 10, August 21, September 18 and September 28 with classes at from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The LeMay Marymount in Tacoma, Washington, features a Model T driving class Saturday as well as July 9, August 13 and September 10.
The next Science Saturday at the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada, in June 11 focusing on “Roving Mars,” “Journeying to the moon” on July 9, and “Food in Space” on August 13.
On June 11, the Petersen museum in Los Angeles is holding a Lamborghini cruise-in followed by an unveiling and panel discussion. The cruise-in runs from 8 to 9:30 a.m. followed by the reveal of the Lamborghini Centenario at 9:45 a.m. and panel discussion.
Summer Camps for Kids:
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum hosts a number of Children’s Activity Days in June and July. The museums “camp” runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and immerses campers, ages 10-12, in hands on activities, presentations, and interaction with the museums exhibits. The camps are on Tuesdays: June 7, June 14, and June 21 and Wednesdays July 13, July 20, and July 27. The price is $50 per student per day. This not only includes lunch but also includes something each day that campers will take home to share with family and friends.
Registration is open for the LeMay: America’s Car Museum summer camp. Children will be able to use the racing simulators and slot car track in the ACM Speed Zone in preparation for a team race on the final day of camp while learning what makes race cars fast, safe, and fuel-efficient through daily challenges. Local race car drivers will also be on hand to showcase their vehicles and equipment used to give tips and advice. The first session is for ages 12-15 and runs July 25-29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The second session is for ages 8-11 and runs August 8-12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Exhibits:
The World of Speed Museum in Wilsonville, Oregon, celebrates the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 with its first major exhibit, which opens June 10, showcasing 33 Indy racing cars, including Mario Andretti’s 1981 STP car, Al Unser Sr.’s 1967 car and Al Unser Jr.’s 1984 car. The exhibit will include memorabilia from some of the Pacific Northwest’s greatest drivers and car engineers, including Art Pollard, Len Sutton, Rolla Volstedt and Parker Johnstone. Suits, helmets, shoes, gloves, models and photos will be featured, along with World of Speed’s complete collection of Indianapolis 500 race programs.
The AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania, opens a new exhibit, “Early Off-Roaders,” set to run through October 15. The exhibit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Ford Bronco in addition to the 75th anniversary of the Jeep.
Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the Lane Motor Museum opened a new exhibit, “Macchine Italiane: A Tour of Italy’s Motoring Spirit,” which runs through May 22, 2017, featuring more than three-dozen vehicles — race cars, motorcycles and bicycles that demonstrate Italian design and engineering from 1936-2012, with cars that range from the Fiat 500 to the exotic Lamborghini Urraco.
Running through September 11, the California Automobile Museum at Sacramento features “The Pickup Truck: Where utility meets the everyday.” The new exhibit looks at the transition of the American pickup truck from a work vehicle to a personal vehicle with examples from the 1920s through modern day.
On display through September 15, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum’s traveling exhibit, “The Women Workers of the Auburn Automobile Company,” will be home at the museum in Auburn, Indiana. The exhibit comprises photographs of women working in the Auburn factories and has been traveling around the community for the past 12 months in an effort that focuses on having some of the women in the photographs identified so their legacies could be preserved.
On tour:
The My Garage Museum in the Mid America Motorworks’ facility in Effingham, Illinois, has teamed up with Corvette Adventures to host multiple guided road tours June 9 to June 11, from Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, through Amish country, historical sites, cheese factories, wineries, breweries, and local restaurants.
The California Automobile Museum has several car-themed tours scheduled. The next tour goes to France from June 15-24 for the 24 hours of Le Mans, including a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ford’s victory and the 25th anniversary of Mazda’s victory in the race.
The National Corvette Museum holds its seventh annual “One lap of Kentucky” fund-raising event in October over the course of three weeks: October 11-15, 18-22 and 25-29. The event previously has been a one-day Corvette excursion led by the state troopers, but the event this year is open to enthusiasts of all different years, makes and models, and it is a multi-day drive visiting Kentucky’s significant landmarks.
The AACA Museum tours Cuba, October 14-22 with a focus on people to people interaction along with the Cuban car culture. Following Cuba, the museum takes guests on another tour, “Italy and Automobiles,” November 6-13. Highlights of the tour include a visit to the Lamborghini Museum and Factory, the Ferrari Museum, and a tour of several private collections
