If Cars Could Talk Series
The If Cars Could Talk lecture series is FREE for ACM Members and is included with Museum admission. These Saturday talks will take place at 11:30 am at the Museum and on Zoom to provide access to all interested! Specific information can be found on our events page on our website.
Car Club Spotlight
In partnership with local car clubs, ACM is excited to present Car Club Spotlight Workshops & Talks! These events, held in the Banquet Room, have the capacity for 200 attendees and include both car club members and museum visitors interested in the topic. Audiovisual tools including speaker, microphone, projector, and Zoom access to provide hybrid access to the talk. Discounted block tickets are available and car club members are encouraged to bring their cars and park on the plaza!
Topic Categories for Car Club Workshops & Talks:
- Heritage of automobiles, driving, road trips
- Car restoration tips and tricks
- Marque-specific racing, manufacturing, or design history
- Technical knowledge or skills related to car restoration, maintenance, driving
Please complete this short application with your club’s proposed talk and contact information.
A member of our education team will reach out to schedule within two weeks. We try to schedule Car Club Spotlight Workshops & Talks 3-6 months in advance. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
ACM Book Club
Each quarter, we will select a book to read and discuss related to cars, driving, racing, and other related topics.
ACM Virtual Book Club – Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities | Tuesday, March 11 | 6 pm – 7 pm
Join the ACM Education Team and author Veronica Davis as we discuss why centering people in transportation decisions requires a great shift in how transit planners and engineers are trained, how they communicate, the types of data they collect, and how they work as professional teams. Davis will define what “equity” means for a transportation project and how it can create something safer, better, and more useful for all people.
Veronica O. Davis, PE is a self-described transportation nerd and author of Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities. She believes everyone should have access to safe, reliable, and affordable transportation.
She is currently the Director of Cities Program for AtkinsRéalis. She has over twenty years of experience in civil engineering and planning. Under the Mayor Turner Administration, she was the Director of Transportation & Drainage Operations for the City of Houston. She is also the co-founder and former Managing Partner at Nspiregreen LLC. She is one of the co-founders of Black Women Bike (BWB). She was the Vice President and City of Houston representative on the National Association of City Transportation Officials.
She earned her dual Masters Degrees (Engineering Management and Regional Planning) from Cornell University. She has a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Maryland. In July 2012, the White House recognized her as a Champion of Change and Transportation Innovator for her professional accomplishments and community advocacy in transportation.
She currently lives in Baltimore, MD with her husband and daughter.
The discussion and Q & A will take place on Zoom, March 11th at 6pm.
This book is available on Kindle and print. Use code WEBINAR for 30% off.
The ACM Book Club series is supported by generous grant funding awarded by Tacoma Creates.
Propose-a-Program!
Do you have an idea for engaging programming at ACM? Please–let us know! Reach out to [email protected] and we can discuss scheduling.