This Weekend! 

 

The Elegance & Grand Ascent at Hershey

June 11 & 12

  

 

Saturday June 11 - The Grand Ascent 9AM - 4 PM

The Grand Ascent is a vintage hill climb exhibition, reviving the excitement of race cars storming up hill on the historic back road to The Hotel Hershey.

 

Sunday, June 12 - The Elegance 9AM - 4PM

The Elegance is modeled on the long standing tradition of the European Concours d'Elegance, an automotive garden party featuring the world's finest collector cars, arrayed around the classically manicured gardens of The Hotel Hershey.

 

The Elegance at Hershey benefits the following charities:  Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), AACA Museum, AACA Library and Research Library

 

WWW.THEELEGANCEATHERSHEY.COM
 

 

Tuesday, June 14

Festivities begin @ 4:30 PM

 

The Great Race, which was run coast to coast for 25 years from 1983-2007, is not a speed race, but a time/speed/distance rally. The vehicles, each with a driver and navigator, are given precise instructions each day that detail every move down to the second. They are scored at secret check points along the way and are penalized one second for each second either early or late. As in golf, the lowest score wins.

 

Cars start - and hopefully finish - one minute apart if all goes according to plan. The biggest part of the challenge other than staying on time and following the instructions is getting an old car to the finish line each day, organizers say.

 

The first car is expected to arrive around 5 p.m. and another car will arrive each minute for the following hour and a half. The cars will remain parked for two hours to allow spectators to visit with the participants and to look at the cars. It is common for kids to climb in the cars for a first-hand look.

 

Cars range in age from 1911 to 1969, with most having been manufactured before World War II. For the first time, a 100-year-old car will be participating in the race - a 1911 Velie owned by Howard and Doug Sharp of Fairport, N.Y.  Jeff Stumb, from Huntsville, Ala., has competed in the Great Race several times in his 1916 Hudson with his wife Karen.  "I love this country and wanted to see every corner of it," Stumb said. "And I love old cars. So the Great Race has been a way for me to see places in the United States that most people never get to see while driving my 94-year-old car."

 

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Special Offer!

Fulton Theatre - Lancaster,PA

June 8 through July 10

 

 

 

The most fantasmagorical musical in the history of everything! With characters created by James Bond author Ian Fleming, a story by iconic children's author Roald Dahl and music from the legendary Sherman brothers whose songs from Disney classics, including Mary Poppins, have been the soundtrack for families since the 1960s, this all-new stage version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will charm and delight audiences of all ages. This production features a cast of singing and dancing candy factory workers, a windmill full of inventions, self-absorbed Vulgarian royalty, more than 20 children, a motherless family, and one more-than spectacular flying car! 

 

Special online-only ticket offer for AACA Museum: Save up to $120 with a Family Four-Pack for just $100!

 

Bring the whole family: Purchase four or more tickets at just $25 each, using the promo code AACA4PACK. This offer is good on all performances through June 19th. Offer subject to availability and does not apply to previously purchased tickets. Click here to buy tickets.

 

 

16th Annual Museum Car Show 

June 25

 

 

  The show opens with registration at 8:00 AM here on the Museum grounds and runs until 3:00 PM. 

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Don't forget Father's Day!

 

Get something for dad that he'll REALLY like this year.   The Dog House Garage Retail Store has something for everyone!  

Visit us in person or online!

 

 

 

 

Celebrate July 4th in Hershey!

The AACA Museum will be open late until 9 PM

 

Tailgate in our parking lot or grass areas surrounding the Museum.  A food vendor will be on hand with lots of eats and treats.   Bring your blanket or lawn chairs and enjoy the fun!   

 

The Museum's location on the hill overlooking the town of Hershey provides the perfect vantage point to enjoy the fireworks provided for the community each year by HERSHEYPARK.