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Events Happening In May 2008!

Wed Mar 19, 2008
VENUE: R. E. Olds Transportation Museum - 2008 Raffle Car
1999 Ford Mustang GT 35th Anniversary Convertible

Tue Apr 1, 2008
GMnext.com
To mark its 100th anniversary, GM has launched a global dialogue through an initiative called GMnext. The medium for the dialogue is a dedicated web site, GMnext.com.

Tue Apr 1, 2008
GMnext Showroom
Display of vintage, current and concept vehicles combined with new interactive displays and information centers relating to GMnext and the GM centennial

Tue Apr 1, 2008
Motor City Exhibition, Cadillac Body Drop
The Motor City Exhibition is a permanent display which interprets how cars built Detroit and how Detroit builds cars.

Tue Apr 1, 2008
What's My Assembly Line?
Visitors can take a shift on the assembly line in this audience participation game show.

Tue Apr 15, 2008
Model T 101
Learn about the basic mechanical components and operation of the Model T.

Tue Apr 15, 2008
Model T Ride Experience
Hop on a real Model T and take a narrated tour through Greenfield Village.

Thu May 1, 2008
The Birthplace of the Model T factory
The plant looks a lot like it did in 1908 when the first 12,000 Tin Lizzies were built here. Available May days - 5/3, 5/17.

Mon May 5, 2008
Model T Medley of Songs
Enjoy this lively medley of Model T songs performed by the Greenfield Quartet and Village Trio.

Mon May 5, 2008
Henry's T, A Dramatic Presentation of Young Henry Ford
Enjoy this dramatic presentation of young Henry Ford and hear how he was inspired to build the world's universal car, the Model T. Presented daily.

Tue May 6, 2008
Art of the Model T exhibit by the Artists' Society of Dearborn
Painting and prints inspired by the 100th anniversary of the Model T.

Sat May 10, 2008
Building on a Legend: Tin Lizzy's Successor
Henry Ford was the practical, chassis man; son Edsel was the stylistic designer.

Sat May 10, 2008
Join us for a complimentary tour of GM Renaissance Center
Tour Renaissance Center, the global headquarters for General Motors. Available M-Sa

Thu May 15, 2008
Visit the Buick Gallery
Sloan Museum's Buick Gallery features over 25 classic and concept Buicks, Chevrolets, and other locally-built automobiles.

Thu May 15, 2008
Flint's Wayside exhibit signs tell the city's GM stories
The new wayside exhibit is titled "Moving Forward: Flint's Commitment to Change."

Thu May 15, 2008
GM Heritage Center
The GM Heritage Center exists to preserve the past, showcase the present, and inspire the future.

Fri May 16, 2008
James Scripps Booth: Artist, Engineer, Polymath
The exhibition highlights Booth’s broad and dynamic career and contextualizes it within the transformation of American culture from the Gilded Age to machine modernism.

Sat May 17, 2008
General Motors Gems
Nicola Bulgari's true passion is cars from the 1930s and 1940s. His outstanding collection has a special emphasis on Buicks, along with other GM cars.

Wed May 21, 2008
Model T: A Centennial History Lecture
Grosse Pointe Historical Society and Edsel & Eleanor Ford House welcome Robert Casey, curator of transportation at The Henry Ford, and one of America's foremost Model T experts who will discuss his newly published book The Model T: A Centennial History. Reservations recommended.

Fri May 23, 2008
Jackson Cruise Nights
Join the tradition of cruising downtown Jackson.

Thu May 29, 2008
VENUE: Michigan Historical Museum - The Picture Man: Lansing through the Lens of R. C. Leavenworth
"The Picture Man" is a unique special exhibit that features a slice of Michigan's auto heritage through photographs now housed in the State Archives of Michigan.