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Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Peoria Riverfront Museum hosts its first ever car show as an exhibit send-off
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The Peoria Riverfront Museum is saying goodbye to its custom car exhibit in style. Sunday was the last day of 'Built: American Custom Car Culture' at the museum. Vintage cars, muscle cars and even a Batmobile lined Southwest Water Street, showcasing some of the coolest rides in central Illinois. Everley Davis with the riverfront museum said it's the perfect send-off for the exhibit. 'What we wanted to do for the last day was to celebrate a piece of that car culture, which is car shows. We have a whole section out here with the slow pokes and their cars, and they were the first to produce a national car show and then just fill the rest of the space with amazing builds from our community,' said Davis. The next exhibit taking the space will be the world's largest dinosaur from the American Museum of Natural History. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Peoria Riverfront Museum's newest exhibit features custom cars
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Car enthusiasts will be excited about the newest exhibit at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. 'Built : American Custom Car Culture' will open Saturday at the Riverfront Museum. The exhibit features nationally recognized custom cars from the Midwest and deeply delves into automobile history. One of the cars inspired 'Ramone' from the 2006 Disney Pixar film 'Cars.' Curator Everley Davis said the vehicles on display are much more than cool cars. 'I wanted to display them as sculptures, so people should be able to see them from all sides. Light them dynamically and tell the story on the label. At a car show, you're just looking at cars that are in lines parallel to each other, and it's like a parking lot style,' Davis said. 'You will not find that here. And they are accompanied by music and videos and projections, so it brings them to life,' Davis added. The car owners will be at the museum on Saturday for the grand opening from 1 to 3 p.m. The exhibit will be on display until April. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
