National Corvette Museum
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National Corvette Museum
My first trip to the NCM. Every Corvette enthusiast should get there at least once.
This is a little video tour of the place. A mix of all generations. Looking down the sinkhole was just eeeerie. What an awesome place!
This is a little video tour of the place. A mix of all generations. Looking down the sinkhole was just eeeerie. What an awesome place!
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It is a great place to visit for anyone. I just donated my 1981 NCRS 4 Star Bowtie Award winner with 5000 miles, one of the first built in the new Bowling Green factory. I need to visit her soon, and I hope they have the factory open for tours by then. That also is a must see event.
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Yup! We’ve been there - and the factory tour - 3 times. Every Corvette owner should go at least once!
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It's funny how one can view an experience based on a comparative experience. When I visited the Corvette Museum, I was completely underwhelmed. I did find the factory visit interesting, but the museum experience seemed somehow lacking. Why did I have this reaction? Simple, I made the "mistake" of visiting the US Air Force museum in Dayton first on the way down from the Detroit area. THAT is a museum - and it's free too!
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It's funny how one can view an experience based on a comparative experience. When I visited the Corvette Museum, I was completely underwhelmed. I did find the factory visit interesting, but the museum experience seemed somehow lacking. Why did I have this reaction? Simple, I made the "mistake" of visiting the US Air Force museum in Dayton first on the way down from the Detroit area. THAT is a museum - and it's free too!
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It's funny how one can view an experience based on a comparative experience. When I visited the Corvette Museum, I was completely underwhelmed. I did find the factory visit interesting, but the museum experience seemed somehow lacking. Why did I have this reaction? Simple, I made the "mistake" of visiting the US Air Force museum in Dayton first on the way down from the Detroit area. THAT is a museum - and it's free too!
I'll have to research the Dayton museum and add it to the list for a future excursion.
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It's funny how one can view an experience based on a comparative experience. When I visited the Corvette Museum, I was completely underwhelmed. I did find the factory visit interesting, but the museum experience seemed somehow lacking. Why did I have this reaction? Simple, I made the "mistake" of visiting the US Air Force museum in Dayton first on the way down from the Detroit area. THAT is a museum - and it's free too!
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You can only expect so much from a car museum devoted to one marquee. I was slated to go last year but the wife had to have her appendix removed suddenly - its still on my bucket list.
Military museums are a whole different thing - make a visit to the NAVY Seal Museum in southern Florida sometime....those guys must have needed wheelbarrows to haul their gonads around..
Military museums are a whole different thing - make a visit to the NAVY Seal Museum in southern Florida sometime....those guys must have needed wheelbarrows to haul their gonads around..
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It kept me interested for a few hours. After leaving I found a place across the street that was pretty cool. I think it was called Al's. It was a personal collection of some guy and a bunch of vintage cars for sale. Made the visit that much better.