MotorCities On The Road: Pontiac Transportation Museum
June 26, 2024 @ 6:30PM — 8:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
Pontiac Transportation Museum: 250 West Pike Pontiac, MI 48341 Get Directions
See the National Heritage Area's Newest Attraction!
The Pontiac Transportation Museum in Pontiac, MI opened to the public for the first time on May 16, and MotorCities is pleased to offer this special event to get an early look at the area's newest attraction celebrating the automobile. Your ticket includes admission to the museum, a tour and light refreshments.
Located at 250 W. Pike St. and just blocks from the Woodward Avenue loop, the Pontiac Transportation Museum pays homage to both the tremendous vehicle legacy of the Pontiac community as well as the social history of how the community interacted with its transportation industry.
The museum is in the center of the nationally recognized Franklin Historic District. A striking 35 ft. wide mural graces the outside west wall of the building (pictured). It’s an iconic reminder of the city’s great transportation legacy and ready for visitors to take selfies with (or without) their vehicle.
Focusing on the 150-plus years of transportation history in and near the Pontiac area, the museum’s product scope goes well beyond General Motors’ former Pontiac brand vehicles. It includes trucks (GMC was headquartered in Pontiac for 70 years), carriages, cars (several brands beyond Pontiac and Oakland), and motorcycles. To date 47 companies, 51 brands and 24 types of wheeled vehicles have been identified as having been engineered or built in the Pontiac area.