Automobile Driving Museum - El Segundo, CA
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N 33° 55.478 W 118° 23.538
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An automobile museum in El Segundo, California.
Waymark Code: WM16P3T
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2022
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The Automobile Driving Museum is an automotive museum located at 610 Lairport Street, El Segundo, California, USA.
The museum is nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 2002 by car collectors Stanley Zimmerman and architect Earl Rubenstein. Its mission is to "collect, preserve, exhibit and ride in historic vehicles." It contains about 130 classic, antique, and vintage automobiles created between 1886 and 2000, of which roughly half are on display at any time. Visitors are permitted to touch and sit in most cars, and on Sunday Car Rides, experience driving around in classic vehicles. Its collection includes:
1932 Plymouth Brewster Town Car, owned by Eleanor Roosevelt
1936 Packard touring phaeton, given by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Joseph Stalin
1955 Packard Caribbean Convertible, given by Howard Hughes to his wife, Jean Peters"
Theme: Automobiles
Street Address: 610 Lairport Street, El Segundo, California, USA
Food Court: no
Gift Shop: no
Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays & Tuesdays
Open Wednesday – Sunday
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Sunday Rides–On 2nd & 4th Sundays Only
10:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Cost: 15.00 (listed in local currency)
Museum Size: Medium
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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