Join us on April 1, 2025, for the opening of our newest temporary exhibit, Studebakers.

Beginning as manufacturers of wagons and buggies, Clement and Henry Studebaker, blacksmiths by trade, built covered wagons that helped settle the American West. Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company produced their first electric car in 1902 and by 1904 switched over to gasoline. By the 1920’s Studebaker was a top shelf car company. Never the size of The Big Three, Studebaker, like other smaller car companies struggled financially. The exhibition covers the early years starting with a 1927 President Limo and ending with a 1963 Avanti, the last car Studebaker produced. This exhibition, following the Prominent Packard’s display of 2024, completes the story of two car companies struggling to survive as individuals and their demise as partners.

The exhibit will be on display on April 1, 2025 – August 3, 2025.