STUDEBAKER NATIONAL MUSEUM CURRENT EXHIBITS

2008 Exhibit Schedule
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What Might Have Been: Prototype and experimental Studebakers
May 10, 2008 - September 15, 2008

What if the Studebaker Corporation would have survived? Studebaker National Museum provides the answer in the summer of 2008 with a look at prototype and experimental Studebaker vehicles. The unique designs, fresh styling, and unlikely engineering take center-stage as these seldom displayed vehicles offer insight into the direction Studebaker was headed before their final days of production. 

The exhibit will focus on three Brook Stevens Prototypes: 
the 1964 Wagonaire proposal, a 1965 Sedan, and the 1966 Sceptre.
The Sceptre was anticipated to usher in a new generation of Studebakers with its impressive, futuristic design. It would have been the most modern American car on the road in 1966. 

Other prototype vehicles include the ahead-of-its-time 1956 Packard Predictor, a 1954 styling proposal from Robert Bourke, a 1964 Avanti 4-door proposal,and a behind the scenes look at the 1947 Studebaker Woody Wagon prototype restoration. The exhibit will also examine failed experiments by the Studebaker Corporation including the one-of-a-kind 1959 Lark Porsche. Built by the Curtis-Wright company, a rear-mounted Porsche engine powers this Lark in what is a fantastic example of both American ingenuity and resourcefulness. 


British Steel: Sports Cars
October 3, 2008 - March 2, 2009

A British invasion is coming to the Studebaker National Museum in October 2008 as British Steel highlights the best of the sports cars from across the pond. Visitors will learn about the Triumph Spitfire, a small two-seater introduced in 1962, or the MG brand that has produced some of the finest British sports cars including the electrifying MG A model that still turns heads. Other lesser known models will be discovered by our visitors including the Sunbeam Alpine, a quick roadster produced from 1953 to 1955.

James Bond 007 introduced the British sports car to many generations through exciting chase scenes in elite British vehicles. Studebaker National Museum will bring the best of these vehicles to our visitors including Aston-Martin, made famous by their DB Mark III, and the Lotus Esprit, which was built in the UK from 1976 to 2004. Of course, we could not leave out Jaguar, producers of premier British sports cars such as the famous E-type with its distinctive Jaguar mascot still desired on the 
road today.

Past Exhibitions for 2008
The Faces of Lincoln
February 8, 2008 - March 9, 2008

February 2008 marks the beginning of a three-year bicentennial celebration of President Lincoln's birth. Studebaker National Museum, in cooperation with the Indiana Historical Society, will be kicking off this celebration with The Faces of Lincoln 
traveling exhibit. 

This three-part exhibit is comprised of holdings from the Jack Smith and Daniel R. Weinberg Lincoln collections, along with Studebaker National Museum's President Lincoln Carriage to form an informative display designed to chronicle 
President Abraham Lincoln's life from his early years to his assassination and its aftermath.

The first section of the exhibit takes a look at the history of photography using some of the best and most well-known images of Abraham Lincoln. Part two investigates the ways that photographers, printmakers, and cartoonists tried to influence public 
opinion about Lincoln by altering his appearance and by placing him in make-believe situations. Viewers of section three are challenged to look closely at the images
and try to determine what kind of images and symbols the printmakers used to convey their, and the nation's, feelings toward Abraham Lincoln.
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