Petersen Automotive Museum
After a 14-month total transformation that shrouded the exterior with ribbons of stainless steel and an interior packed with priceless vehicles and cutting-edge technology, the Petersen Automotive Museum at the gateway of Los Angeles’ famed Museum Row has reopened and packed with hundreds of new sites, sounds and experiences for visitors of all ages. Displays include some of history’s most breathtaking collector cars, championship winning race cars, groundbreaking art cars, famous Hollywood vehicles, seminal motorcycles and more.
The new model Petersen is more than the ultimate man cave: It’s also the culmination of efforts by several ultra-successful, car-loving businessmen to preserve and advance knowledge of what they call the most complex, profitable and beautiful pieces of human-engineered art–cars. And trucks and motorcycles, too.
Twenty-five new galleries contained in three themed floors explore in interactive, multimedia exhibits how cars are built, raced, adored and driven into our collective consciousness. Cutting-edge projectors, speakers and lighting put visitors inside the action–whether it’s the cockpit of a racecar or inside a chase scene in a Hollywood blockbuster, such as the latest James Bond epic, “Spectre.” Ten racing simulators in the Microsoft/Xbox Forza Experience room put users on a virtual race track.
Some of the biggest names in the world of automobile collecting, racing and publishing are behind the Petersen’s creation and recent transformation.
