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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Peterson Auto Museum

Posted on 8:51 PM by paritory
If you are ever in LA, and if you or your kids or anyone you know loves cars {or even if they don't}, the Peterson Automotive Museum is a MUST SEE. I had no idea how amazing this place was going to be, but super amazing it was. We ended up staying FOUR hours at this museum with no complaints, whines or grumps out of either boy. It was great and we'll definitely go again. 

 
The top floor is a discovery center just for kids. This is a real race car that the kids can climb into and learn about. The employees and volunteers were some of the nicest people I've ever met. This guy hung around most of the day explaining to T exactly how the cars work, where everything goes, how to repair them, etc.

 There were lots of fun experiments and hands-on activities for the kids.

T on a real police motorcycle {the only motorcycle ride or cop car he'll ever be in if I have anything to do with it!}

 Everett loved watching T and the other boys race their hot wheels and derby cars down the track.

 Evie the Fireman!

Most of our time was spent in the kid zone, but we did make a sweep of the whole museum and every last piece of it was well thought out, well laid out, and incredible. Of course, my favorite were the Hollywood cars--Grease Lightning and the Batmobile.

And T found a whole Lightning McQueen exhibit in the Hollywood section that had him giggling and squealing--literally. That boy loves his Cars!

There was a Johnny Rockets inside the museum so the boys and I had some lunch together...and no, T didn't eat salt for lunch! But he did down at least two of those big lemonades and was so excited about every sip!

The museum was around the corner from The Grove shopping center {where they film Extra} and so we had to check that out since we were so close! It was gorgeous and we loved watching the water show.

The Grove offers free trolley rides around the mall and Talmage was in heaven. Seriously, a car museum, lemonade and a trolley ride all on the same day? I'm pretty sure he didn't think life could get any better.
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