Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum launches $89M campaign, plans major transformation

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14 thoughts on “Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum launches $89M campaign, plans major transformation

  1. Please visit the Barber Speedway Museum in Birmingham, Alabama for your research. It’s spectacular! It’s so deep and wide with exhibits, it keeps both locals and visitors coming back multiple times.

    1. Also visit the Churchill Downs’ Kentucky Derby Museum…especially it’s 360 degree video presentation. And make a deal with the Circle Centre Mall to secure space for “satellite” exhibit space that will motivate downtown conventioneers and others to visit the updated museum at the Speedway.

  2. This is so long overdue. This venue should be a year-round centerpiece destination for IMS. Kudos to all those involved in implementing this long-talked-about vision.

    1. I just visited the Churchill “Museum.” As I watched the 360, I wondered why the Speedway Museum has not implemented a fantastic sensory experience like this one. Brent B. is spot on.

    1. Partner with Kentucky Derby. Indy 500 and Derby – greatest races in their categories.

  3. Please consider, beyond the thrill of the race in a museum video, a separate video abut the science of the race. The initial purpose of the race was to test competing technologies. Let’s have focus on the physics of the race, the forces of momentum, heat on tires, the biology of high speed movement. That is, let’s be truly educational rather than merely sentimental about the past and avoiding the realities racing team have to confront.

  4. A long overdue effort but so glad its underway!! Please include a history of the automobile in Indiana. We were the automaking capital of the world until Ford took over in Dearborn.

  5. Include the Indiana Universities, colleges and ITT schools to engage with students and interns. Schools can develop their classes for credit towards degrees.

    This is a global workforce that will then engage more endowment funds for the rebuild and expansion of an awesome facility.

    Ellen
    Marmon Wasp 32

  6. Pay attention to the many good suggestions here. They are excellent. I especially liked the idea of engaging our universities, vocational schools, and students. That should not only build more Indy 500 interest from our younger generations but also be an economic development tool to re-build Indiana’s manufacturing base of automobiles and all their suppliers. Enlist the racing facilities on Speedway’s Main Street and the engineering departments of Allison’s to expand the experience beyond the walls of the museum to incorporate all the suggestions here.

    For K-12 and higher ed. students who don’t get to visit the museum in person, provide zoom ‘field trips’ to market the museum’s educational programming to educators and to excite student interest.

    The possibilities are exciting. Keep up the wonderful work, and thank you, Museum Staff, for being a wonderful place to visit all year-round.

    1. Nancy P.
      +1
      Just thinking the same thing. Many good ideas from the IBJ subscribers.

      Also, tying this in to our universities and students would be awesome.

      I’ve been saying for a long time that the IBJ needs to expand their editorial pages
      In print and online. So many subscribers have great ideas that are definitely
      forward thunking and practical.

      ** That said, I would like to see the IMS Museum tie this into the
      Circle Center Mall also. It would be a great attraction for downtown
      visitors and convention goers.***

  7. Sorry if I’m a bit slow, but what does the emphasis on being part of the “Cultural Community”? Is this some type of code only half the population understands or am I missing something?

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