Grand Opening of New Duesenberg Exhibit at the Lincoln Highway Experience Museum
The Lincoln Highway Experience Museum is hosting a special grand opening event for its new temporary exhibit, Fred Duesenberg’s Final Journey on Thursday, August 1st from 5 – 7 p.m.
The new exhibit will tell the amazing story of Fred Duesenberg’s rise to prominence as an automobile engineer and designer in the early twentieth century and his automobile accident near Laughlintown, PA which sent him to the hospital where he later died.
The Duesenberg accident is an incredible and often overlooked page in the history of Western Pennsylvania. Not only is it an important part of automobile history, it’s a fascinating part of Lincoln Highway history as well, and even locals familiar with the story will get a clearer picture of what really happened from the new exhibit.
The new exhibit was made possible in large part due to a recent partnership between the Lincoln Highway Experience Museum and Somerset County author Ray Wotkowski, who published a book telling the story of the accident based on his research and interviews with firsthand witnesses. The exhibit name, Fred Duesenberg’s Final Journey, is borrowed from the title of Wotkowski’s book.
Ray presented his research as one of the Lincoln Highway Talk lecturers last year and has expressed his desire to see an exhibit on this topic at the Lincoln Highway Experience. says Simpson. When the gallery space opened up this spring, the museum partnered with Ray to design the exhibit. All the information and objects come from his research and personal collection of model Duesenbergs.
The cost for admission is $5 per person, free for Lincoln Highway Experience Members. Cookies, coffee, and hors d’oeuvres will be provided to visitors at no extra cost. Ray Wotkowski will be signing copies of his book which is available in the Lincoln Highway Experience gift shop.
The new exhibit will tell the amazing story of Fred Duesenberg’s rise to prominence as an automobile engineer and designer in the early twentieth century and his automobile accident near Laughlintown, PA which sent him to the hospital where he later died.
The Duesenberg accident is an incredible and often overlooked page in the history of Western Pennsylvania. Not only is it an important part of automobile history, it’s a fascinating part of Lincoln Highway history as well, and even locals familiar with the story will get a clearer picture of what really happened from the new exhibit.
The new exhibit was made possible in large part due to a recent partnership between the Lincoln Highway Experience Museum and Somerset County author Ray Wotkowski, who published a book telling the story of the accident based on his research and interviews with firsthand witnesses. The exhibit name, Fred Duesenberg’s Final Journey, is borrowed from the title of Wotkowski’s book.
Ray presented his research as one of the Lincoln Highway Talk lecturers last year and has expressed his desire to see an exhibit on this topic at the Lincoln Highway Experience. says Simpson. When the gallery space opened up this spring, the museum partnered with Ray to design the exhibit. All the information and objects come from his research and personal collection of model Duesenbergs.
The cost for admission is $5 per person, free for Lincoln Highway Experience Members. Cookies, coffee, and hors d’oeuvres will be provided to visitors at no extra cost. Ray Wotkowski will be signing copies of his book which is available in the Lincoln Highway Experience gift shop.
For more information, contact Spencer Simpson, Manager of Visitor Services at the Lincoln Highway Experience Museum at spencer@LHHC.org or 724-879-4241.
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The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor is a nonprofit organization that identifies, conserves, promotes, and interprets the cultural, historical, natural, recreational, and economic resources along the 200-mile Lincoln Highway in Westmoreland, Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin and Adams counties in Pennsylvania. For more information, visit www.LHHC.org.
Grand Opening of New Duesenberg Exhib...
Date and Time
Thursday Aug 1, 2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
August 1, 2024
5 - 7pm
Location
Lincoln Highway Experience
3435 State Route 30 E
Latrobe, PA 15650
Fees/Admission
$5 per person.
FREE for Lincoln Highway Experience Museum Members
Printed courtesy of www.latrobelaurelvalley.org/ – Contact the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce for more information.
PO Box 463, Latrobe, PA 15650 – (724) 537-2671 – info@gllv.org