The LeMay car museum is next to the Tacoma Dome.
LeMay or America’s Car Museum said today that it will continue to open seven days a week year-round. The Tacoma museum’s original plan when it opened this June was for five days a week during the fall and winter months. LeMay’s collection, estimated by the Guinness Book in the mid ‘90s to include a 3,000-plus cars, trucks and motorcycles, highlights cars ranging from a 1916 Pierce Arrow to a 1956 Chevy two-door hardtop.
After raising more than $60 million during the Great Recession, ACM broke ground in June 2010. Now two years later, the museum presents a varied fare, including music festivals and motorcycle shows, while featuring exhibits that include Ferrari in America, Indy Cars, the British invasion of the ‘60s, the classic car era and alternative propulsion. The basic collection was built off the holdings of jewelry maker Nicola Bulgari and Harold LeMay fourteen years ago.
“This change of plan is a reflection of the growing interest in our museum locally as well as outside the Pacific Northwest,” said Paul Miller, ACM chief operations officer. The museum is next to the Tacoma Dome, also contains a 3.5-acre show field, theatre, café, banquet hall and meeting facilities. For more information on ACM, see www.lemaymuseum.org
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