a rare, up-close look at the innerworkings of historic vehicles

Open Hood education series begins at Transportation Museum, Feb. 10

Event Location: 

Owls Head Transportation Museum

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A rare photograph captures Alice Longfellow and the Rolls-Royce on the road in Europe in the 1920s. (Photo courtesy Owls Head Transportation Museum)
A 1 p.m. lecture will focus on the museum’s 1913 Rolls-Royce, once owned by Alice Longfellow. (Photo courtesy Owls Head Transportation Museum)
OHTM’s historic 1917 Curtiss Jenny will be highlighted at the event. (Photo courtesy Owls Head Transportation Museum)
OHTM’s new Open Hood Education Series kicks-off Saturday, Feb. 10. (Photo courtesy Owls Head Transportation Museum)

OWLS HEAD — The Owls Head Transportation Museum is launching a Spring education series beginning February 10, which will bring a new dimension to their collection of rare automobiles and aircraft.

For the first time ever, OHTM will be lifting the hoods on all the historic vehicles in the collection, giving the public a rare, up-close look at their innerworkings. 

This brand new education series will be launching February 10, and museum staff will share the amazing stories behind six historic automobiles and two vintage aircraft.

The Open Hood events are accompanied by unique offerings for all ages: an adult education lecture series as well as a STEM Saturday Activity for young learners.

The first Open Hood day of 2024 will be on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., and a robotics-themed STEM activity will be offered throughout the day.

At 1 p.m., listen to a lecture on the origins and travels of one of the museum’s most celebrated collection pieces, Alice Longfellow’s 1913 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. Beginning in the summer of 1913, recently discovered documents and research have revealed an epic journey of adventure, discovery, and war. Toby Stinson will lead a discussion on how Alice Longfellow and her Rolls Royce were caught in the middle of a changing world- and survived.

Throughout the day the following automobiles and aircraft will be highlighted, with staff on hand to provide background and answer questions:

Automobiles:

1905 Panhard et Lavassor
1906 Autocar Touring Car
1957 Ford Thunderbird
1942 Ford GPW WWII "Jeep"
1932 Cragar Racer
1913 Rolls Royce 40/50 “Silver Ghost” Touring

Aircraft:

1923 Fokker CIV
1917 Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny"
Founded in 1974, The Owls Head Transportation Museum is a nonprofit educational
organization with a mission to collect, preserve, exhibit and historic aircraft and ground vehicles
significant to the evolution of transportation for the purpose of education. Unlike static displays,
the vast majority of OHTM’s collection is operational. The museum offers a variety of hands-on
volunteer opportunities as well as STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)-
based programs to young students and schools at no cost.

WHEN:
Saturday, February 10
Open Hood 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Lecture 1:00 pm
STEM Activity: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

For more information, visit: https://owlshead.org/

Event Date: 

Sat, 02/10/2024 - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Event Location: 

Owls Head Transportation Museum

Address: 

Owls Head Transportation Museum
Owls Head, ME 04854
United States

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