Gilmore Car Museum

2021 Winter Lecture Series

2021 Winter Lecture Series

Multiple dates and times

Gilmore Car Museum, 49060

Description

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

Location

Gilmore Car Museum, 49060

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