Community Weekend at the
Antique Automobile Club of America Museum
January 18, 19 & 20
Hershey, PA (January 8, 2014). Looking for a fun winter activity to get out of the house? Visit a treasure in your own backyard. The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum is offering the community a special $5 admission price (50% off our regular price) and special activities on January 18, 19 & 20. Children 3 and under are always free.
Cruise through time as you enjoy vintage vehicles from the early 1890s through the 1980s in our main gallery. Each decade of vehicles is arranged to correspond to a cross-country journey from New York to San Francisco complete with themed settings. Our lower level gallery features The Museum of Bus Transportation collection of more than 10 full sized antique bus along with our original 1940's Valentine Diner where visitors can learn diner trivia. Special collection vehicles include Betty White's Cadillac, Whitney Houston's Rolls-Royce Limousine and the Lakeland Bus used in the movie "Forrest Gump." Other exhibit items include motorcycles, motor scooters, model train exhibit and a collection of more than 100 hood ornaments. "The Art of the Build: Rods & Kustoms" is a new exhibit focused on the cars and their creators that dared to be different opening January 24th; however, a few vehicles that will be part of this new exhibit will be on display as a preview for visitors.
From January 18-20, guests can participate in our Museum wide scavenger hunt to locate your favorite "Cars" from the Disney-Pixar Cars movie that are hidden throughout the Museum - How many can you find? Kids will love our interactive play area where they can create their own car then race it down a ramp, along with the interactive photo stop where "kids" of all ages can pretend to drive a vintage car or truck.
About the AACA Museum
The Antique Automobile Club of America Museum, a member of the Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program, displays beautifully restored automobiles, buses and motorcycles in unique life-like scenes representing the 1890s - 1980s in a cross-country journey from New York to San Francisco. This Museum, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, is known to be one of the largest automotive museums. Special exhibits change several times a year and focus on a variety of eras and types of vehicles. The Museum is located just off Route 39, one mile west of Hersheypark Drive in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Regular admission $10, seniors age 61 and older $9, juniors age 4-12 $7, children age 3 and under are FREE. For these dates, admission will be a special rate of just $5 person. The Museum is open daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. For further information, please call 717-566-7100 or visit www.AACAMuseum.org.
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