KUSI News spotlights the San Diego Automotive Museum’s inaugural All Revved Up! celebration. Lauren Phinney and Paul Rudy served as master of ceremonies for the dinner and entertainment. The event’s goal was to raise money for major improvements to the museum.
From Balboa Park Committee of 100: Once completed, life-size grizzly bear sculptures will be placed on two corners of the 1935 California State Building, home of the San Diego Automotive Museum. In addition, a large 12′ x 20′ cold cast bronze panel is destined to greet visitors approaching the front entrance of the 1935 Palace of Electricity and Varied Industries, …
The San Diego Automotive Museum is just one the stops the RVing the in the USA makes while visiting San Diego. They learn all about Louie Matter’s 1947 Cadillac, his own self-contained RV.
CEO Lenny Leszczynski introduces the new San Diego Automotive Museum, fully open after COVID-19 closures. “We took advantage of COVID, we didn’t let COVID take advantage of us,” Lenny says. Part 1 Part 2
From Balboa Park Committee of 100: The revival of the Palisades continues! Begun in early January, contractors and artisans have now restored the long-lost grand tile murals and bold bas-relief ornamentation to the Automotive Museum’s façade. Lost to decay after the conclusion of the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition, the original faux tile painted murals were recreated with real glazed ceramic …
Museums are where America displays its treasures of the past. Behind each object is a story to be told and secrets to be revealed. The Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum tells the secrets of Louie Mattars epic cross-country journey is his 1947 Cadillac, on exhibit at the San Diego Automotive Museum. Part 1 Part 2
From the San Diego Union-Tribube: No longer an eyesore, the facade of the San Diego Automotive Museum in Balboa Park has been painstakingly restored following a six-year, $715,000 preservation effort that ties into a broader campaign to rehabilitate the Palisades in keeping with the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. Tuesday, the Committee of 100, the all-volunteer group behind the restoration …
Dan Plant of KUSI News covers the re-opening of the San Diego Automotive Museum, as Balboa Park museums open at 50 percent capacity following COVID-19 orange tier guidelines.
San Diego Automotive Museum re-opens once again after being closed due to COVID-19, with new cars being featured in That 70s Show exhibit. Also, the Museum is hosting a Car Rally to bring the community together while still maintain social distancing. (The contest mentioned in the videos has ended.) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
As a response to the extended closures of indoor museums due to COVID-19, our Executive Director, Lenny Leszczynski, penned and submitted an article to the Times of San Diego that was published on Aug. 18, 2020. Let San Diego’s Treasured Museums Open – Or Lose Them COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on museums across the nation, and the San Diego Automotive …
KUSI introduces the latest exhibit at the San Diego Automotive Museum, That 70s Car Show, a Decade of Change. Part 1 Part 2
Heather Lake of FOX 5 News features the latest exhibit at the San Diego Automotive Museum, Lowriders: The Art of Low and Slow. Part 1 Part 2
