2023-06-23 09:48:33
23/06/2023
On Friday, June 23, the Swiss Museum of Transport opens, in collaboration with Porsche, a special exhibition dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the sports car brand from Stuttgart. “Driven by Dreams. 75 years of Porsche sports cars”, this is the title of the temporary exhibition that can be admired in Lucerne until January 2024. It presents more than seven decades of exceptional sports cars and the links between the Porsche brand to Switzerland. This presentation at the Museum of Transport is part of the international touring exhibition of the Porsche Museum Stuttgart.
The exhibition is divided into different themes: history, motorsport, art, technology and innovation. In addition to the exhibits from the Porsche Museum, it highlights the people who, behind the scenes, make the strength of the brand. People who, like Ferry Porsche, firmly believed in their dreams. The dream of achieving success and realizing great ideas. The stories of Swiss or foreign personalities are linked to the different thematic islands.
We present to you among others, in connection with a Porsche 356/2 Gmünd Cabriolet, the Zurich resident Jolantha Maria Tschudi. She was the first person in the world to acquire a production Porsche vehicle, the “Beutler convertible”, with chassis number 356/2-002. Other protagonists of the exhibition include Wolfgang Porsche, Jo Siffert, Oliver Blume and the American artist Richard Phillips, creator of the Porsche Taycan Artcar, which was auctioned for a good cause in Switzerland in 2021.
In 2023, Porsche not only celebrates 75 years of existence: 2023 also marks the 60th anniversary of the Porsche 911. As a tribute to this iconic sports car, the exhibition presents a number of Porsche 911s from different generations.
Christoph Emde (Curator of External Presentations, Porsche Heritage and Museum), Daniel Geissmann (Director of exposition and collection, Musée Suisse des Transports) and Michael Glinski (CEO Porsche Schweiz AG)
Traveling exhibition of the Porsche Museum and Porsche Heritage Truck
The exhibition presented at the Swiss Museum of Transport is one of the special exhibitions of the Porsche Museum organized in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Porsche brand. These travel the world under the name “Driven by Dreams.” 75 years of Porsche sports cars”. The brand’s success story began with the Porsche 356 “No. 1” Roadster: on June 8, 1948, the vehicle obtained its type approval. A date that also marks the beginning of the Porsche myth.
The special anniversary central exhibition opened on June 8, 2023 at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. Until January 7, 2024, it offers its visitors exciting stories that embody pioneering spirit, audacity and engineering. Until January 7, 2024, part of the special exhibition is also staying at “DRIVE. Volkswagen Group Forum” in Berlin. The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles and the world’s highest automotive museum, located in Austria on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, also pay homage to Porsche’s history and success.
In addition, the “Porsche Heritage Truck” also stops in Switzerland. It is a mobile exhibition which, under the title of “Driven by Dreams”, conveys and presents the values dear to the company both in the past and in the present and in the future. The truck’s tour started in April at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and, following stopping in Romania, Croatia and Italy, it reached Mollis on June 17, where Switzerland’s biggest Porsche rally is held. It is now on view at the Museum of Transport until July 2.
Swiss Museum of Transport
The Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne welcomes more than half a million visitors every year. It is thus the most visited museum in Switzerland. For adults, the entrance price starts at 35 Swiss francs. Admission is free for children under 6 accompanied by their parents.
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