Museum of Arts & Sciences (MOAS) to Host an American Muscle Car Show

Daytona Beach, FL – Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences on Saturday, May 14, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for an amazing display of American muscle in the form of vintage cars and trucks. DJ Frank Roberts will be spinning music from the 50’s and 60’s while you hob knob among some of America’s greatest road machines. The diversity of cars will amaze you and bring back a feeling of nostalgia. Admission is free for Museum Members or comes with paid museum admission.

American Muscle Car Show Schedule

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Hands-on Kids Activities
Hourly tours of the Root Family Museum and Antique Race Cars, DJ Frank Roberts playing tunes from the 50’s and 60’s.

1:30 p.m. – Guest Speaker, Dan Smith: High Speed at Low Tide
Dan Smith is an award-winning columnist for The Hometown News. For thirteen years he was co-chair of the annual Thanksgiving Birthplace of Speed Antique Car Show in Ormond Beach. Dan served as race director for the great centennial celebrations on the beach beginning in 2003 until 2008. He is known worldwide as the foremost authority on early beach racing in Ormond Beach.

Exhibits and dates subject to change.

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About the Museum of Arts & Sciences - The Museum of Arts & Sciences (MOAS) is the primary art, science and history museum in Central Florida. The area's largest museum, MOAS is nationally accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate. Located on a 90-acre Florida nature preserve, the 100,000 square foot facility is host to over 30,000 objects including the Dow Gallery of American Art, one of the finest collections of American art in the Southeast, the Schulte Gallery of Chinese Art, the Bouchelle Collection and Gallery of Decorative Arts, the largest and most comprehensive collection in the South, the Gillespy Gallery of Sub-Saharan African artifacts, the Cuban Foundation Museum showcasing one of the most significant collections of Cuban paintings in the United States, the Prehistory of Florida gallery featuring Florida’s Giant Ground Sloth skeleton and the Root Family Museum displaying restored railroad cars, antique automobiles and the largest collection of Coca-Cola® memorabilia in Florida. The Helene B. Roberson Visible Storage Building exhibits thousands of objects from many donors which are owned by the Museum, while the Linda and Williams Children’s Museum presents an interactive experience for children. A new state-of-the-art planetarium and the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art showcasing the largest collection of Florida-based art in the world, rounds out areas to explore inside the Museum of Arts & Sciences.

Museum Hours are 10am-5pm (Monday-Saturday) and 11am-5pm (Sunday). Museum of Arts & Sciences admission is $12.95 adults; $6.95 children 6-17; $10.95 seniors and students; members and children 5 and under are free. Daily Planetarium shows and weekly laser shows. Museum of Arts & Sciences admission includes one Planetarium show. Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art admission is $10.95 adults; $4.95 children 6-17; $8.95 seniors and students; members and children 5 and under are free. Combo ticket admission is $18.95 adults; $9.95 children 6-17; $16.95 seniors and students; members and children 5 and under are free. Combo ticket admission includes on Planetarium show. Additional Planetarium shows are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children ages 17 and under. Parking is free. Admission is FREE for Volusia County residents the first Tuesday of each month (does not include Planetarium shows). MOAS is fully accessible to the handicapped. MOAS is located at 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114. For more information call 386.255.0285 or visit the website www.moas.org.

MOAS is a not‐for‐profit educational institution founded in 1955 and chartered by the State of Florida in 1962. The Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Programs sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the County of Volusia.

Exhibits and dates subject to change.