Gilmore Car Museum

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Gilmore Car Museum

Arts & Culture: Cultural Services Education: Community Exploration
6865 W Hickory Rd, Hickory Corners, MI 49060
Phone (269) 671 - 5089
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Our mission

To tell the history of America through the automobile. We foster experiences which connect people with the history, heritage, and social impact of the automobile through collecting, preserving, and interpreting its story.
Opportunities

Docent, Mentoring, Working on Cars, and More

Logging over 8,500 hours annually, volunteers at the Gilmore Car Museum help fulfill our mission by assisting with these fun and rewarding tasks such as:

  • Serving as a volunteer Weekday Docent
  • Providing customer service and performing a variety of office tasks as Administrative Assistant
  • Working on vehicles in the Gilmore Collection and assisting in our Automotive Maintenance Shop
  • Assisting in our library and archives
  • Participating on our education committee
  • Serving as a mentor in the Gilmore Garage Works program
  • Helping to maintain our beautiful buildings, grounds, and gardens
  • Helping the museum staff with numerous tasks during our annual car shows
  • Occasional, Recurring
  • 21+, 55+, Adults
  • Individuals
  • Tutoring, Physical, Event support, Indoor, Outdoor
  • On-site, Formal
  • Anytime, Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends
How you help

The Gilmore Car Museum offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity for volunteers – a place to share your love of cars and history with people from all over the nation. Logging over 8,500 hours annually, volunteers at the Gilmore Car Museum help fulfill our mission. As a non-profit, we rely on a lot of great volunteers. You’ll spend your time helping care for our incredible collection, exclusive venues, and beautiful 90-acre campus.
About us

The Gilmore Car Museum started in the early 1960s when Donald S. Gilmore began collecting vintage automobiles. Some of the first vehicles in his collection included a 1927 Ford Model T, a 1913 Rolls Royce, and a 1920 Pierce Arrow. Restoring that classic Pierce-Arrow at his home on nearby Gull Lake ignited a passion. Over the years that followed Donald continued collecting some of the world’s most renowned automobiles. Today, the Gilmore Car Museum is North America’s largest auto museum with over 400 vehicles on display and over 190,000 square feet of exhibit space. The Museum’s 90-acre Historic Campus features numerous vintage structures including a restored and fully-functioning 1941 Silk City Diner, a recreated 1930s Shell Station, six onsite Partner Museums, and so much more.