Longmont, CO 80501
Join curator Jared Thompson for a guided tour of the new exhibition Lowriders: Cars and Culture.
This fall, the Longmont Museum will open one of the first-ever exhibitions to showcase lowrider culture. Lowriders are customized cars with a chassis that have been lowered so that they narrowly clear the ground, and are bountiful in Colorado and rich with history. Longmont is home to over 200 Lowriders alone. This exhibition will give visitors a behind-the-scenes view of how these rolling works of art are created. From pinstriping to upholstery, hydraulics to wheels, visitors will discover the varied skills needed to craft these beauties. Lowriders: Cars & Culture will feature cars, custom bicycles, pinstriping and upholstery examples, old-school military hydraulics, vintage posters, magazines and historic accessories all related to the lowrider scene.
