Peoria Riverfront Museum's newest exhibit features custom cars
'Built : American Custom Car Culture' will open Saturday at the Riverfront Museum. The exhibit features nationally recognized custom cars from the Midwest and deeply delves into automobile history.
One of the cars inspired 'Ramone' from the 2006 Disney Pixar film 'Cars.'
Curator Everley Davis said the vehicles on display are much more than cool cars.
'I wanted to display them as sculptures, so people should be able to see them from all sides. Light them dynamically and tell the story on the label. At a car show, you're just looking at cars that are in lines parallel to each other, and it's like a parking lot style,' Davis said.
'You will not find that here. And they are accompanied by music and videos and projections, so it brings them to life,' Davis added.
The car owners will be at the museum on Saturday for the grand opening from 1 to 3 p.m.
The exhibit will be on display until April.
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