Current Exhibitions
FINS: The Rise and Fall of the Tail Fin in American Automotive Design
May 10 – October 12, 2008
Bobby socks, leather jackets, poodle skirts—and fins? That’s right. During the 50’s and 60’s, being in style meant driving a car that looked like a rocket ship!
Return to those days with the Antique auto Museum at Hershey as we present a special exhibit celebrating the tail fin and the era that produced them. From the sweeping fins of the ’61 Buick to the rising sails of the ’58 Desoto, the exhibit traces the rise and fall of a styling feature that created some of the most colorful and dramatic automobiles ever to travel America’s roadways.
So zip up your leathers, pat down your skirt and high tail it to Hershey for a show about UFO’s—Unbelievable Finned Objects! The fun starts May 10th and runs through October 12, 2008.
FINS Vehicle Exhibit List
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- 1948 Cadillac Four Door Sedan
- 1952 Allstate Coupe
- 1953 Pontiac Chieftain Coupe
- 1955 Pontiac Star Chief Coupe
- 1955 Willys Bermuda Coupe
- 1956 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer Convertible
- 1957 Dodge Sweptside Pickup Truck
- 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner Retractable
- 1957 Ford Thunderbird
- 1957 Imperial Four-Door Sedan
- 1957 Lincoln Premiere
- 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser Pace Car Convertible
- 1957 Plymouth Savoy Sedan
- 1958 Buick Century (Sedan)
- 1958 DeSoto Fireflite (Sedan)
- 1958 Dual-Ghia (Chrysler based Italian Coupe)
- 1958 Oldsmobile 98 Convertible
- 1958 Packard Hawk
- 1958 Rambler Ambassador Four Door Sedan
- 1959 Buick Electra Four-Door Sedan
- 1959 Cadillac Convertible
- 1959 Chevrolet Parkwood Station Wagon
- 1959 Plymouth Fury Hardtop
- 1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible
- 1960 Edsel Two-Door Sedan
- 1961 Chrysler Newport Station Wagon
- 1961 Imperial Crown Convertible
Stand up Drivers: Vintage Milk Trucks from the Jay Crist and Friends Collection
May 23 – September 8, 2008
A unique collection of seven vehicles all completely different in design. This exhibit will be a chronology of delivery vehicles starting with a horse pulled milk wagon and giving viewers an idea of how milk deliveries were made to homes for over a 70 year time span.
Exhibit List:
- 1929 Divco Model G truck
- 1936 Thorne C-1
- 1940 White “horse”
- 1941 Divco Twin
- 1956 Divco #15
- 1967 Ford F350 mechanical refrigerated truck.
Antique Motorcycle Club of America Gallery
The Antique Motorcycle Club of America (AMCA) is pleased to announce its new partnership with the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum. To celebrate this alliance, we are proud to reveal the sneak preview opening of Motorcycles 1884 - 1973, opening Sunday, June 8, 2008.
The antique motorcycle exhibits will be located within the Antique Auto Museum at Hershey. 
Initially 30-40 rare motorcycles will be on exhibit. The majority of the bikes and artifacts will be displayed in the new AMCA Gallery. However, don’t miss the chance to see period correct motorcycles intermingled with over 100 historic automobiles in the time line exhibit that spans eight decades.
The AACA Museum facility will be the new international headquarters for the AMCA and will also serve as an exciting location for special antique motorcycle events and social gatherings.
Motorcycles 1884 - 1973 Exhibit List
Download the Motorcycle exhibit list in PDF format.
- 1884 Copeland
- 1895 Pennington
- 1900 Orient
- 1908 Indian twin racer
- 1909 Torpedo twinn
- 1909 Armac twin
- 1911 Indian with Isle of Man Trophy
- 1912 Blackhawk
- 1912 Triumph
- 1912 Abbington King Dick
- 1916 Indian with sidecar OP
- 1916 Indian with sidecar restored
- 1928 Henderson - Great Race Bike
- 1929 HD JDH twin cam
- 1930 Indian Four w/sidecar
- 1934 Crocker Speedway Racer
- 1937 EL Knucklehead Restored
- 1938 EL Knuclelhead Original paint
- 1938 Indian Chief
- 1940 Indian 4 cyl
- 1941 Indian Sport Scout
- 1942 WLA STATE POLICE
- 1944 M20 BSA (full military trim)
- 1946 FL Knucklehead bob job
- 1947 Torque 4 prototype
- 1949 Panhead Chopper
- 1951 S - Hummer
- 1952 Norton Manx 350
- 1953 BSA 350 road racer
- 1957 Panhead (247 original miles)
- 1960 BSA A10 Scrambler
- 1964 HD XLCH
- 1965 FLH
- 1965 Honda S65
- 1968 HD KR flat tracker
- 1968 Triumph 650
Also on display...
Cadillac LaSalle Club Museum Cars on Display
October 10, 2007 – August 1, 2008
Two rare cars from the collection of the Cadillac LaSalle Club Museum & Research Center, Inc. are now on display for a limited time at the AACA Museum.
The 1931 Cadillac that is a CCCA Premier and CLC Senior Car. Its meticulously authentic restoration was completed in 1995, when it won First in Class at the Meadowbrook Concours d' Elegance and Second in Class at Pebble Beach.
The 1937 LaSalle convertible sedan, Model 5049, is one of only 530 convertible sedans produced for 1937, the first year this model was available.
