Bugatti Boost: Mullin museum to expand Art Deco auto collection

Mullin Automotive Museum celebrates three-year anniversary

OXNARD, Calif. – The Mullin Automotive Museum, an institution dedicated to the preservation and celebration of French art and automobiles from the Art Deco era, has announced numerous additions to its collection of art, furniture and automobiles in celebration of the three-year anniversary of the museum’s opening.

Over the past three years, Peter and Merle Mullin and the Mullin Automotive Museum staff have worked to further their vision for the Mullin Automotive Museum by continuing to establish it as one of the world’s premier collections of Art Deco art and automobiles. Since its founding, the Mullin Automotive Museum was awarded “Best of Show” at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance for its 1935 Voisin C25 Aerodyne, exhibited 10 automobiles at the 37th annual Rétromobile in Paris, France, and published a series of three books – The Art of Bugatti, French Curves and Vitesse ~ Élégance – honoring the visionaries behind the automobiles and motorcycles of the Mullin collection.

Furthermore, in the past year, the Mullin Automotive Museum launched the internationally-acclaimed “La Vision de Voisin” exhibition – celebrating the life of designer and aviation pioneer Gabriel Voisin, unveiled the virtually completed coachbuild of Jean Bugatti’s famed 1939 Bugatti Type 64 Coupe Chassis #64002 and was recognized by the International Historic Motoring Awards as one of the top four automotive museum collections in the world.

The Mullin Automotive Museum’s collection of art and automobiles has grown significantly in size since first opening, gathering the world’s largest collection of Voisin automobiles as well as one of the most expansive private collections of Bugatti automobiles and Bugatti family artwork.

For 2013, the Mullin Automotive Museum continues to grow its extensive collection with a number of additions that include but are not limited to:

“We’ve been extremely pleased with the response both nationally and internationally to the museum, attracting visitors and media from all over the U.S., and even as far as Europe, India, Japan and South America,” said Peter Mullin, museum founder and chairman. “This enormous reception brings us great joy and strikes the chord that the automobile has truly come of age as art.”

In the coming year, the Mullin Automotive Museum will introduce several of its latest efforts in the preservation and education of Art Deco era design, which include a major exhibition honoring the creative masterworks of the Bugatti family, the long-awaited debut of the completed 1939 Bugatti Type 64 Coupe Chassis #64002 coachbuild and the launch of a renovated website that will be not only educational and focused on technology and design, but also a valuable reference for media and automotive historians alike.

For more information on the Mullin Automotive Museum and the Mullin collection, log onto www.mullinautomotivemuseum.com. Reservations to visit the museum can be made online or by calling (805) 385-5400.