Special Events

Opening Reception

Wednesday, October 2, 6-9 pm, sponsored by MMHSLA

Join us on Wednesday, October 2nd, from 6-9 pm at the Radisson at the Capitol for the opening reception, sponsored by MMHSLA.

Special Event

Thursday, October 3 at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum

The special event will take place on Thursday, October 3 at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum. There will be dinner, opportunities to view the museum, and a scavenger hunt with fun prizes.

The R.E. Olds Museum was incorporated in 1977 on the incentive of a study task force of the Greater Lansing Chamber of Commerce. After site selection and renovation, the Museum opened to the public on May 18, 1981 at its present location.

The Museum is a nonprofit, educational organization governed by a Board of Trustees. It is dedicated to Ransom Eli Olds, inventor, entrepreneur, and financier, and one of Lansing's most notable automotive leaders. He created the principle of the assembly line in the automovile industery and founded two local automobile companies: Olds Motor Works (1897) and REO Motor Car Company (1904).

As the Museum has grown in interpretation of ites mission, and to more accurately promote Lansing area's many contributions in transportation, the word "Transportation" was added to the Museum's name in 1987.

The Museum exhbits a significant collection of automobiles, engines, and other materials significant to the transportation history of Lansing, the region, the state, and the nation. The R.E. Olds Transportation Museum and the Bates and Edmonds Engine Company offices are resources within the Lansing Stewardship Community of Motor-Cities-National Heritage Area, a cultural heritage area and affiliate of the National Parks Service.

The Museum purchased its own building, where it has always been located, from the City of Lansing in February of 2018 for $2.