{"id":78423,"date":"2021-03-17T16:43:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T23:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=78423"},"modified":"2021-03-17T16:44:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T23:44:17","slug":"petersen-autmotive-museum-to-open-its-doors-to-public-thursday-march-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/petersen-autmotive-museum-to-open-its-doors-to-public-thursday-march-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Petersen Autmotive Museum to Open its Doors to Public Thursday, March 25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Great news for SoCal automotive fans! The Petersen Automotive Museum will reopen to the public on Thursday, March 25, 2021, with new exhibits, new vehicles and a new schedule of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. To express its gratitude to all those on the front line during this challenging time, the museum will offer verified health care workers and first responders complimentary admission for themselves and up to three immediate family members for the rest of 2021.<\/p>\n

For the Petersen, safety will be the focus once reopened. The museum will follow the health and safety guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state of California and the county of Los Angeles to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Staff members and visitors are required to wear protective face coverings. Social distancing guidelines of at least six feet will be enforced with designated entrance and exit signs. There will be designated navigation paths for each exhibit. The museum will also increase the frequency of routine cleaning and offer hand sanitizing stations on each floor. Interactive exhibits including the Forza racing simulators and Discovery Center will remain closed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to welcome visitors back to the museum in a safe and responsible manner,\u201d said Petersen Automotive Museum Executive Director Terry L. Karges. \u201cWe cannot thank the healthcare personnel and first responders enough for everything they have done for our community. We hope this small token of our appreciation signals how grateful we are to them and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the closure, the Petersen virtually launched three exhibits including \u201cSupercars: A Century of Spectacle and Speed,\u201d which showcases the evolution of the supercar; \u201cExtreme Conditions,\u201d which highlights 11 custom competition, recreational, and utilitarian off-roading vehicles; and \u201cRedefining Performance,\u201d which features Porsche\u2019s most innovative road and race vehicles. Other blockbuster exhibits currently on display at the Petersen include \u201cHollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy,\u201d \u201cReclaimed Rust: The James Hetfield Collection\u201d and \u201cBuilding an Electric Future\u201d presented by Volkswagen.<\/p>\n

All tickets must be pre-purchased. Online tickets go live on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. PST. In order to receive complimentary access, health care personnel and first responders will need to reserve tickets online and provide a physical copy of professional verification at museum check-in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Great news for SoCal automotive fans! The Petersen Automotive Museum will reopen to the public on Thursday, March 25, 2021, with new exhibits, new vehicles and a new schedule of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":78424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470],"tags":[2545,7567,41,324],"class_list":["post-78423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-auto-museums","tag-covid-19","tag-news","tag-petersen-automotive-museum"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/unnamed-scaled-e1616023945583.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-koT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78426,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78423\/revisions\/78426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}