This is cool, especially if you've never gotten the opportunity to visit LA, let along this museum.
Starting to go stir crazy? Never been to the Petersen Automotive Museum? Lucky for you, Petersen is offering free digital tours of its famous Vault housing many cars that haven't seen the light of day.
Led by Collection Manager Dana Williamson, the tours will take about an hour each and grant you access to some very rare cars—like never-before-seen rare.
The tour schedule, below, is in Pacific Standard Time, so make sure to set your watches correctly.
Read the full release below:
LOS ANGELES (March 23, 2020) – For enthusiasts looking for digital entertainment during this time, the Petersen Automotive Museum will stream Vault tours for free during its temporary closure. Led by Collection Manager Dana Williamson, the hour-long digital tour will provide rare access to never-before-seen vehicles from the Vault presented by Hagerty®. Each live stream session is themed. The schedule is as follows:
Admission to view online Vault tours will be by suggested donation. Donations allow the museum to continue to maintain its collection and support staff and digital programs during its closure.
“Free Vault tours offer enthusiasts around the world an opportunity to enjoy our collection from the comfort of home,” said Petersen Executive Director Terry L. Karges. “These are tough times, but we are happy to give back to the community and fellow enthusiasts by providing a source of entertainment and education.”
In addition to the paid tour, the Petersen is also offering free online educational programming for students during the closure. To purchase a digital Vault tour or learn more about the museum’s free online educational programming, please visit www.petersen.org/online-education.
To learn more about the digital Vault tours, please visit www.petersen.org/vault-purchase. For more information about the Petersen Automotive Museum and its exhibits, visit www.petersen.org.
This is cool, especially if you've never gotten the opportunity to visit LA, let along this museum.
I've always dreamed of visiting the museum. To have to the opportunity for a full virtual tour is amazing. Especially the vault.
Oh nice.....bookmarking next saturday. This is a place I want to get to in person.
Group tour!
In reply to David S. Wallens :
In. Set a reminder for 4/4 and signed up.
I signed up an donated, but got no information on how to access the event. Not very well done IMHO.
pinchvalve said:I signed up an donated, but got no information on how to access the event. Not very well done IMHO.
I was wondering the same thing. Usually when you sign up for something like that, you get a confirmation email with instructions.
In reply to stuart in mn :
According to the folks at Petersen- you will receive an email with the link 20 minutes prior to your scheduled tour. The email will come from gsanchez@petersen.org.
Good to know. I have signed up for the Saturday tour. Looking forward to it.
Kevin Maffett said:In reply to stuart in mn :
According to the folks at Petersen- you will receive an email with the link 20 minutes prior to your scheduled tour. The email will come from gsanchez@petersen.org.
Good to know. It was a little confusing as to what time the tours start since they listed them in pacific standard time instead of daylight savings time.
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