2021 Winter Lecture Series

The Gilmore Car Museum’s annual Winter Lecture Series is highly anticipated every year! Every Sunday afternoon at 3 pm January through April visitors can enjoy a different guest presenter speaking on a variety of intriguing topics. Admission to each lecture FREE for members, included in general admission and is just $5/person if you're only coming to take in the Lecture!

Lectures that will not be broadcast via Facebook Live and will ONLY be available in person at the museum:

• "The Mackinac Bridge, Then and Now" by Kim Nowack, Executive Secretary/CEO
• "The Wright Brothers: The Power of Persistence" by Cameron S. Brown, Former State Senator
• "The History of the Assembly Line" by Don LaCombe, Automotive Historian

LECTURE SCHEDULE:

January 17 - "Passenger Train Travel in 1916" by Mark Tomlonson -- Railroad Historian

January 24 - "Harriet Quimby, Michigan's New Woman Aviator" by Robert Myers -- Director of Education, Historical Society of Michigan

January 31 - "The Dust Bowl" by John Burton --Historian and Robin Nott -- Musician

February 7 - "The Interurban Railroad" by Keith Martin -- Historian

February 14 - Lecture will be watched on the screen in the heritage room - "The Mackinac Bridge, Then and Now" by Kim Nowack -- Executive Secretary/CEO

February 21 - "Buying Your Own Antique Car" by Kevin Fleck -- Historian and Collector and John Hansen -- Automotive Inspector and Appraiser

February 28 - "MG - An Interdisciplinary Education" by John Twist --MG Expert

March 7 - "The Wright Brothers: The Power Of Persistence" by Cameron S. Brown -- Former State Senator (NO Facebook Live Stream)

March 14 - "Ford Icons: The Thunderbird Story" by John Clore -- Ford Motor Company 

March 21 - "The Design and Build of the 1969 and '70 Shelby Mustang" by Chris Engeman -- Design Detailer - Shelby Mustang

March 28 - "Miniature Models in Motion" by John Lacko -- Photo Journalist and Historian

April 4 - EASTER, NO LECTURE

April 11 - "Oakwood Park, Kalamazoo's Coney Island" by Keith Howard -- Historian

April 18 - "The History of the Assembly Line" by Don LaCombe -- Automotive Historian

April 25 - "Gone with the Wind" by Kathleen Marcaccio -- Historian