The LeMay Museum

My family went on a little trip for a long weekend to Seattle this past weekend with my Wife's folks.

We stayed in the historic Camlin hotel in Downtown Seattle.


We had a great time, we went to the Zoo and visited Fort Nisqually. On Sunday we went to Tacoma to see the LeMay car collection at the America's Car Museum.
https://www.americascarmuseum.org/
It was awesome. My father-in-law is a car buff, so he and I really enjoyed the array of classic automobiles. My wife actually really enjoyed all of the historical info and there were activities for the kids as well.
The facility is 4 levels and they rotate the displays regularly. I would definitely recommend going to anyone who finds themselves in the area.

 

There was all manner of cars and trucks on display. There was an entire section devoted to the Station wagon.

 

There was an obvious attempt to arrange the wagons in this section in a chronological order.

 

More from the same display.

 

They have an in-house shop that does maintenance and other minor repairs. The 57 Nomad on the lift was super clean. I have a very soft spot for Nomads, 57 especially.

 

Excellent OrthmannJ, thanks for sharing!!

 

Thanks. Very interesting.

 

You're welcome. It was a great time, made in part by the great cars and exhibits. They have done an excellent job with the presentation. I like how the museum is set up, it's obvious that these cars do get driven and it appears that they can all easily be brought out.

 

A few more non-wagon related photos.
They had a FORD truck display that my son's really got a kick out of. My unrestored 69 F-100 was just as nice as the one they had on display. (I thought that was cool, Made me feel proud)

It was neat to see the Crosley firetruck. I've them in person, but never in real life.

 

There was a section of British cars. There were two Mini's that could be classified as Wagons. This one even had the woodie treatment.

 

Yes, that museum in itself is a destination. And if your family doesn't share in automobiles, there are two other museums in that section of Tacoma: the Chihuly Museum of Glass, accessed by crossing a glass bridge, and the Washington State Historical Museum, inside the Federal Building, which used to be the old Northern Pacific Railway passenger station. It includes a model railroad museum in it.

 

Thanks, Jeremiah!

That museum is #1 on my list, once we actually make it up to Seattle. We were going to do it this year, but other stuff got in the way. Hoping for maybe next June or so.....heck - it's only a few hundred miles up there - less than a full day's drive.

 

It should only be a 5-6 hour trip; I used to go to Monmouth from Everett, 20 miles north of Seattle, to help my niece when her car broke down during the time she went to college, and Springfield's just a hop, skip and a jump South of Salem, where I'd turn off for Monmouth.

 

Of course, if you drive like me, 3 hours.

 

That looks like an amazing place. I bet you could spent an entire day there. Nice pics, thank you. The glass Museum sounds interesting too.