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ELLIOTT MUSEUM
The Elliott Museum on Hutchinson Island has long
been a favorite stop for Americana and local history buͿs,
antiTue car and baseball aficionados, and Must about anyone
with a curious mind.
,f it moves and can carry passengers or freight, you·ll
probably see it at the Elliott. A few years ago, a stateofthe
art, multilevel garage with a turntable for your autoogling
pleasure was built to house the museum·s collection of
vehicles. Those vehicles are one of the greatest attractions
at the Elliott, inspiring a variety of ehibitions and events
throughout the year. A big draw every season is the Classics
at the Beach car show, scheduled for 0arch .
2ne of the ehibits, Octane & Opulence II: Gentlemen Prefer
Race Cars, opens )eb. and runs through 0arch . 0u
seum spoNeswoman 5obin 0aNowsNi says we can epect
to see the &hanging Ehibitions *allery transformed into a
“fabulous race cars showroom.” Showing at the same time
at the Art Down the Hall gallery will be The Need for Speed,
race car photography by Bob Bennett.
Associate &ar &urator -ohn *iltinan oͿers guided tours
of the collection most weeks for visitors who gather at the
reception desN by on a 7hursday morning. 7he tour
is included in the admission fee and is free for members.
7he second Saturday of every month, unless the weather is
really bad, &ars &oͿee oͿers coͿee, pastries and ´some
of the area·s coolest cars,µ 0aNowsNi says.
*iltinan also presents a series in the Curators & Cocktails
lecture series with an intriguing range of topics this season
The Cars of Cuba, The Chevrolet Corvette - America’s Sportscar,
Gentlemen Prefer Race Cars and Lincoln — An American Classic. >>
ELLIOTT MUSEUM
The collection of vintage cars, boats and all types of vehicles at the Elliott
Museum is a tribute to the museum’s founder, inventor Sterling Elliott.
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