LeMay, America’s Car Museum, has partnered with the LeMay family to host the 33rd annual LeMay Car Show and Auction at Marymount Academy and the LeMay home grounds Aug. 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors will see more than 1,000 different vintage, specialty automobiles, trucks and motorcycles from the LeMay collection, plus hundreds of local collector cars and other unique vehicles. In addition to the cars, there will be numerous automobile-related vendor displays, the Collector Car Showcase, a judged car show, food vendors and a collector car auction hosted by Mathers Inc. Auctioneers.
LeMay Museum members receive free admission when a valid membership card is presented. Non-member entry donations are only $10 for adults, $5 for children aged 6 to 12 and free admission for active-duty military and young children aged 5 and under. Entrance admission for collector cars into the Collector Car Showcase is $25, which includes admission for one person and remains open to the first 120 cars that enter. Car clubs and collectors are also invited to display their automobiles in the non-judged display at Marymount. The gates open at 8 a.m. for collector cars, and the event is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free general parking will be available offsite with free shuttle bus transportation between the parking lots, Marymount Academy and the LeMay grounds. For more information about the event, or to purchase admission in advance, call (253) 536-2885 or visit www.lemaymuseum.org.
America’s Car Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the LeMay collection of automobiles and memorabilia, along with vehicles and artifacts it may acquire. The LeMay collection was recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest privately held car collection in the world. At its peak, the collection was in excess of 3,000 automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and other vehicles, plus more than 30,000 pieces of related 20th century Americana. Construction is underway on a museum campus in Tacoma to feature 1,000 cars and memorabilia. More information is available at www.lemaymuseum.org.
