Английская Википедия:Harley-Davidson Museum
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox museum The Harley-Davidson Museum is an American museum located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin celebrating the more than 100-year history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles.Шаблон:Refn The Шаблон:Convert three-building complex on Шаблон:Convert along the Menomonee River bank contains more than 450 Harley-Davidson motorcycles and hundreds of thousands of artifacts from the Harley-Davidson Motor Company's 120-year history.Шаблон:R
History
The museum opened to the public on Шаблон:Date2, on a Шаблон:Convert site in the Menomonee Valley.Шаблон:R The museum was built in a historically industrial area of Milwaukee. Prior to Harley-Davidson's purchase of the land from the city, the site was formerly used by the Milwaukee Department of Public Works, Lakeshore Sand Company, and Morton Salt.Шаблон:Refn A Шаблон:Convert layer of imported soil was added to combat the contaminated soil. New vegetation was planted to restore the landscape to its riparian state.Шаблон:Refn
In late February 2006, designs for the museum were unveiled.Шаблон:Refn The designs were created by James Biber, a partner at Pentagram, his team, and Michael Zweck-Bonner, an associate at Pentagram.Шаблон:Refn Abbott Miller, a partner at Pentagram, designed the museum's permanent exhibitions. The firm designed the museum over a period of eight years.Шаблон:Refn
On Шаблон:Date2, Harley-Davidson began the construction of the Шаблон:Currency (equivalent to Шаблон:Currency in Шаблон:Inflation/year) complex with a groundbreaking ceremony that included legendary Harley-Davidson dirt track motorcycle racer, Scott Parker, breaking ground by doing a burnout with a Harley-Davidson XL883R Sportster, instead of with the traditional golden shovel.Шаблон:Refn The site includes parking spaces for 1,000 motorcycles and 500 cars. The museum's façade also features a Шаблон:Convert-tall, steel Harley-Davidson sign.Шаблон:Refn Шаблон:Clear left
Exhibits
The museum's galleries permanent exhibitions, spread throughout two floors, in addition to temporary exhibits and the motor company's archives. The complex also includes a restaurant, café, retail shop, and special event spaces.Шаблон:R
Also on display are historic Harley-Davidson items that tell the company's story and history, such as photographs, posters, advertisements, clothes, trophies, video footage of vintage and contemporary motorcycling, and interactive exhibits, including 10 motorcycles that visitors can sit on.Шаблон:Refn
The Motorcycle Gallery
On the museum's upper level, a procession of motorcycles is displayed down the center of the main hall, running the length of the building, with galleries on either side.Шаблон:R
The Harley-Davidson Journey
Along the east side of the upstairs galleries, a series of interconnected galleries exhibit the Harley-Davidson's chronological history.Шаблон:R The galleries relate the company's history from its origins in a Шаблон:Convert wooden shack to its current status as the top U.S. motorcycle manufacturer, producing more than 330,000 bikes each year.Шаблон:R The centerpiece of the gallery is "Serial Number One", the oldest known Harley-Davidson in existence, which is encased in glass. The glass enclosure sits within a floor-embedded, illuminated outline of the backyard shed the motor company was founded in.Шаблон:R
The Engine Room
The museum's second floor galleries begin with the Engine Room. A Knucklehead engine is displayed disassembled into several pieces. The Engine Room also features several interactive touch screen elements that show how Harley motors, including Panhead and Shovelhead motors work.Шаблон:Refn
Clubs and Competition
The Clubs and Competition gallery includes displays and information about Harley-Davidson's racing history. The gallery includes a section of a replica wooden board track, suspended in the air at a 45-degree incline. The wooden track features vintage video footage of actual board track races, and attached 1920s-era Harley-Davidson racing motorcycles; the bikes that raced on board tracks at Шаблон:Convert. Fatalities were common, which led to the banning of wooden board tracks for motorcycle racing.Шаблон:R
Tank Gallery
The museum's upper floor exhibits also include the Gas Tank Gallery, formerly part of the Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary Open Road Tour. The exhibit displays 100 of Harley-Davidson's most memorable tank graphics, spanning 70 years, selected by the company's styling department and reproduced on "Fat Bob" tanks.Шаблон:R
Custom Culture
The Custom Culture gallery covers Harley-Davidson's impact on American and global culture. The centerpiece of the Custom Culture Gallery is "King Kong", a Шаблон:Convert-long, two-engine Harley-Davidson motorcycle customized by Felix Predko. The exhibit also features exact replicas of the customized Harley-Davidson bikes ridden by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper in the 1969 American movie, "Easy Rider", including Fonda's "Captain America" chopper and Hopper's "Billy Bike". Two of each of the two choppers were created, and one "Captain America" was destroyed in the film's production.Шаблон:Refn
Corporate Archives & Collections
The Harley-Davidson Motor Company's corporate archives are also housed on the museum's grounds. The archives supplied more than 85% of the items on display in the museum.Шаблон:R Since 1915, the company's founders decided to pull one bike from the production line to be preserved in an archive.Шаблон:R One motorcycle on display was recovered on a beach in British Columbia after being swept out to sea more than Шаблон:Convert away in a tsunami that hit Japan in 2011.Шаблон:Refn
See also
- The Hill Climber outdoor sculpture
References
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