Petersen Automotive Museum
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The Petersen Automotive Museum is an automobile museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles in the US state of California . Robert E. Petersen and his wife Margie acquired a former Japanese shopping center built in 1962 , redesigned it and opened the Petersen Automotive Museum on June 11, 1994, which is operated by the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation after their death . The museum was renovated in 2015 and received a modern facade.
The Petersen Automotive Museum works as a non-profit organization .
Exhibits
There are 300 old-timer cars in the museum , 150 of which are alternately exhibited on an area of 100,000 sqft (approx. 9300 m²).
Exhibits (selection)
1909 White Model G Touring steam car
1914 Dudly Bug
1915 Detroit Electric Brougham
1922 Chevrolet
1932 Lancia Dilambda
1932 Duesenberg
1935 Bentley
1956 Alfa Romeo
1957 Ferrari 625F1
1963 Volkswagen Beetle
1967 Ghia
De Tomaso Pantera , owned by Elvis Presley in 1971
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Coordinates: 34 ° 3 '45 " N , 118 ° 21' 40" W.