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History Is Revealed By Los Angeles Automotive Museum - By: Matthew Paolini, Posted on: 2007-12-13

The great Los Angeles automotive love affair has been in effect for a century and is being joined together in a historical display in one of the globe's largest and most innovative automotive museums. The Petersen Automotive Museum is located on Wilshire Blvd. along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles. It is a non-profit enterprise focusing on the history of the passenger car.

Established in June 1994 by Robert E. Petersen, the 40 million dollar museum is administrated over by the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation. Previously located within the Natural History Museum, the automotive museum is now permanently housed in the former Ohrbach's retail store space. The store was originally built in 1962 for a short-lived U.S. branch of Sogo, a Japanese retail chain.

Those who visit the museum experience a 20th Century road map showing the creation of a culture that has changed life throughout SoCal. The displays tell a story that can be truly appreciated in Los Angeles, the only major city that was exclusively influenced by the automobile. The region's development has been, and continues to be influenced by the motorcar.

The three floors of automotive history take the museum visitor through time and follows the development of the automobile and its influence on the society of Los Angeles. Displays on the first floor show the history of the automobile. Lifesize dioramas and scenes allow guests to view the car as it influences everyday life.

The second floor is devoted to five large, rotating exhibition galleries with high-tech presentations of classic cars, racecars, motorcycles and celebrity cars.

The May Family Children's Discovery Center, located on the third floor, is purposed to spark children's interest in science by way of the automobile. The large hands-on learning center teaches basic scientific principles utilizing the fundamental elements of a car.

A dazzling glass penthouse conference center, is located on the fourth floor. The center is available for corporate or private events.

In popular culture, notoriously, on March 9, 1997 after attending a shindig at the museum, well-known rapper Biggie Smalls got into an SUV with his entourage and drove a few yards to a red light where he was murdered by a still unknown assailant. Also, in the 1997 film Volcano, the museum is crushed.

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Matt Paolini is a automotive writer for CityBook, the family-safe Online Yellow Pages, which carries an extensive directory on Los Angeles automotive alternators and starters.

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