19th Annual Museum CARnival Car Show

Get ready for a fun-filled and action packed day for everyone as the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum sets up for the 19^th annual CARnival car show with lots of family friendly activities.  All makes, models of years of vehicles are invited to participate in the show.   This year will have a special focus on celebrating 50 years of the Mustang with a special featured area!

Favorite activities include Antique Car Rides, Behind the Scenes Tour of the collection storage facility, 50/50 Drawing, Raffle Prizes, Live Entertainment, Food Vendors, Model Building competition, Valve Cover Racing & More!

New this year – BERG Toys will be setting up an inflatable Go-Kart track sure to be fun for all ages!  They will also debut their 50^thAnniversary Mustang Go-Kart at the show taking pre-orders.    Anki DRIVE is a racing game like no other. It uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics to take the best of video games and combine it with the best of physical games. It’s a video game in the real world. It’s real. It’s tangible. You hold the cars in your hand, and the track rolls out on your living room floor.  Visitors will be able to test their skill on the Anki Drive and the BERG Go Kart Track at the show and participation will be free of charge.

Activities run from 9 AM – 3 PM, Saturday June 21^st, 2014 (Car Show registration begins at 8).

Schedule of Events

9AM – 3 PM         Car Show on the grounds (Registration @ 8 AM)

    $10 – per vehicle in Advance / $15 Day of Show

    Special 50^th Anniversary Mustang Area

    Car Finger Painting

    Food & Ice Cream Concession vendors – Pay as you go

9AM – 1PM          Valve Cover Racing – Unlimited practice until race at 1 PM.

9AM – 2:45PM     Anki Drive – Racing Game

    BERG Inflatable Go-Kart Track Racing

10AM – 2 PM        Model Car Building Competition – Free to compete, bring your own model

    Race Car Wheel Changing Competition

    Behind the Scenes Tours – Schmidt Collection Storage Building – by Donation

11 AM               Matthew Dodds performer – “Songs and Stories of the American Road”

12 N – 1:30PM     Antique Car Rides

12:30 – 2:30 PM   Scavenger Hunt

1:00PM               Valve Cover Racing Competition

2:30                   Remarks/ Awards / Raffle Drawing/ 50-50 Drawing

There is no admission fee to enjoy the CAR show area or for the activities listed above. The Behind the Scenes Tour is by donation. Regular admission is charged to visit the exhibits within The AACA Museum.

Be sure to come inside the AACA Museum and cruise through time from the 1890s to the 1980s with beautiful vehicles in period themed scenes and settings.    Current featured exhibits include Indian Nation:  Indian Motorcycles & America showcasing the history of this iconic American brand from inception in the early 1900s through the mid-1950s; Motoring Mysteries of the Far East: A Curious Collection of Asian & Pacific Vehicles showcases the early roots and later creations of the Asian and Russian motoring industry and their impact within the United States; and “The Scrutineer” Automotive Art Exhibit displays works by Jay Texter.

The Antique Automobile Club of America Museum, a member of the Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program, displays beautifully restored automobiles, buses and motorcycles in unique life-like scenes representing the 1890s – 1980s in a cross-country journey from New York to San Francisco.   The AACA Museum, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, and is one of the nation’s largest automotive museums.  Special exhibits change several times a year and focus on a variety of eras and types of vehicles.  The AACA Museum is located just off Route 39, one mile west of Hersheypark Drive in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  Regular admission $10, seniors age 61 and older $9, juniors age 4-12 $7, children age 3 and under are FREE. The Museum is open daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.   For further information, please call 717-566-7100 or visit www.AACAMuseum.org.