petersen automotive museum
i went to the petersen automotive museum over easter weekend with my boyfriend when i was visiting los angeles. he has been a few times and really likes it, so he thought it could be something we could do together. also, a solar car he built and designed in college was recently donated to the museum for their alternative power exhibit and he wanted to see it.
i was very surprised with how well done this museum was. when you arrive, it is pretty obvious the layout of the museum. as a visitor you are forced to go right, which takes you through a "streetscape" of cars from southern california starting in the early twentieth century. at the end of the exhibit it drops you right next to the escalator to take you to the second floor. it deposits you right at the next exhibit, the alternative power exhibit.
they had a few other exhibits, which were great. they had a "what were they thinking?: the misfits of motordom." some of these cars were nuclear powered, had propeilers, fins, three wheels and some were actually quite normal, but did not quite sit well with the people of the time. they currently had an exhibit where they brought out some of the best cars from the "vault." these cars were beautiful. they also had an exhibit on cars that had been in hollywood movies like the love bug, the Batmobile, and Grease Lightning.
I was very impressed with the museum. I liked that it flowed really well and was easy to follow the exhibit. i liked the descriptions for each car. as a non-car fanatic, i learned enough to appreciate each car. my boyfriend as a car lover learned more than he already did, which is a really hard balance to strike. the types of cars were varied from hollywood to real masterpieces to matchbox to cars that make you think "what were they thinking," from early cars to futuristic, they really cover it all.
times visited: 1
time in museum: 2 hrs
overall: A
i was very surprised with how well done this museum was. when you arrive, it is pretty obvious the layout of the museum. as a visitor you are forced to go right, which takes you through a "streetscape" of cars from southern california starting in the early twentieth century. at the end of the exhibit it drops you right next to the escalator to take you to the second floor. it deposits you right at the next exhibit, the alternative power exhibit.
they had a few other exhibits, which were great. they had a "what were they thinking?: the misfits of motordom." some of these cars were nuclear powered, had propeilers, fins, three wheels and some were actually quite normal, but did not quite sit well with the people of the time. they currently had an exhibit where they brought out some of the best cars from the "vault." these cars were beautiful. they also had an exhibit on cars that had been in hollywood movies like the love bug, the Batmobile, and Grease Lightning.
I was very impressed with the museum. I liked that it flowed really well and was easy to follow the exhibit. i liked the descriptions for each car. as a non-car fanatic, i learned enough to appreciate each car. my boyfriend as a car lover learned more than he already did, which is a really hard balance to strike. the types of cars were varied from hollywood to real masterpieces to matchbox to cars that make you think "what were they thinking," from early cars to futuristic, they really cover it all.
times visited: 1
time in museum: 2 hrs
overall: A
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