This is your chance to show off your automotive skills and knowledge in our first-ever “Car Detective” photo quiz series. The rules are easy. The first person to successfully answer this series of questions get bragging rights to be called our official “Car Detective of the Week” and earns themselves four free tickets to the museum! Our weekly winner and a new Photo Quiz will be announced each Wednesday at 12:30 on our website and social media channels.
Feature Archives
The founder of an award-winning car museum is leading the charge to bring driver's education back to Philadelphia.
Our museum curator Kevin Kelly answers all your questions about what its like to manage our collection and shares a few behind the scenes stories.
Harry John Lawson was a British entrepreneur who sought to create an early monopoly on petrol-driven cars through the acquisition of multiple patents. His end goal never included vehicle production, rather he aimed to exploit the patents he purchased by charging royalties to manufacturers that produced vehicles from the patents he owned.
This is your chance to show off your automotive skills and knowledge in our first-ever “Car Detective” photo quiz series. The rules are easy. The first person to successfully answer this series of questions get bragging rights to be called our official “Car Detective of the Week” and earns themselves four free tickets to the museum! Our weekly winner and a new Photo Quiz will be announced each Wednesday at 12:30 on our website and social media channels.
Please use the form below to submit your questions to Kevin today (Wednesday, April 14th) from 10AM - 3PM. Later this evening, we will post a video response to those questions featuring Kevin and related cars from our collection.
If you haven't been to a Demo Day at the Simeone Museum, this is what you have been missing!
We are looking forward to announcing our upcoming Demo Day schedule very soon!
The new Salon of Sports Car Style and Design is now open at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. The Old Annex area of the Museum has been totally redone and now features sports cars with stylish elegant designs.
Our library collection contains two well-produced brochure which appear to be selling a car, but were more likely an early example of a designer conducting market research.
This is your chance to show off your automotive skills and knowledge in our first-ever “Car Detective” photo quiz series. The rules are easy. The first person to successfully answer this series of questions get bragging rights to be called our official “Car Detective of the Week” and earns themselves four free tickets to the museum! Our weekly winner and a new Photo Quiz will be announced each Wednesday at 12:30 on our website and social media channels.
Dr. Fred Simeone doesn’t just collect cars. The 82-year-old neurosurgeon and founder of the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum collects the most significant automobiles from a century of motor racing.
The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum is committed to road and traffic safety and believe that increased educational opportunities for young drivers promote a better outcome for us all.