HICKORY CORNERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The second annual Winter Motoring Meet at the Gilmore Car Museum will take place on Saturday, February 5.
Officials say the event provides a day of outdoor family fun in Michigan’s winter weather, plus full access to the museum’s indoor collection of more than 400 classic vehicles.
Access to the Winter Motoring Meet and related activities will be included in standard daily admission to the museum.
Tickets will cost $16 for adults and seniors, $11 for youth ages 11-17, and free to children ages 10 and under.
Active military members will also receive free admission.
The Winter Motoring Meet will include the following features:
- scenic rides around the snow-covered Gilmore campus in several of the museum’s antique cars and trucks,
- a special exhibit of vintage snowmobiles,
- a professional ice carving exhibition, and
- outdoor games.
Guests will also be able to warm up by an outdoor fire, with available food & beverage options to include homemade soup, hot chocolate, winter beer, a glass of wine or a favorite cocktail.
“If we’re lucky enough to have fresh snow on the day of our meet, guests are welcome to bring their own snowshoes or cross-country skis for a trek across our beautiful 90-acre campus,” officials said in a statement.
Free “glorified sleigh rides” through the snow-covered Gilmore campus will be offered to museum guests, riding on bench seats in the bed of a classic Ford Model AA pickup truck, and in other classic “open air” cars and trucks from the museum’s collection.
Guests should consider bringing their warm coats, hats, gloves and perhaps even blankets, officials noted.
A special one-day-only exhibit of antique, vintage and racing snowmobiles (from 1992 & older) will be on featured display at the Winter Motoring Meet.
The indoor and outdoor snowmobile exhibit has been coordinated with help and support from Vintage Snowmobile Michigan and its Facebook community of 4,000 snowmobile enthusiasts from across Michigan and beyond.
“The Gilmore Car Museum’s Winter Motoring Meet is for folks who appreciate Michigan’s Winter Motoring season, whether in their cars, 4×4 trucks, Jeeps, or snowmobiles,” museum executive director Josh Russel said in a statement. “It’s a fun way for us to get outside and enjoy the winter season, in an outdoor environment with plenty of space to spread out and enjoy our 90-acre campus.”
Winter Motoring Meet activities will run from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 5.
For general questions or more information, visit www.GilmoreCarMuseum.org.
Gilmore Car Museum Winter Motoring Meet 2022. (Image courtesy Gilmore Car Museum).
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