The Petersen Museum

The Petersen Museum

The Petersen Museum

The Petersen Museum

The Petersen Museum

The Petersen Museum

The Petersen Museum

The Petersen Museum

The Petersen Museum

The Petersen Museum

The Petersen Museum

Jonathan Gitlin

Jonathan Gitlin

Jonathan Gitlin

Jonathan Gitlin

Jonathan Gitlin

Jonathan Gitlin

Jonathan Gitlin

A new exhibition will open shortly at Los Angeles' wonderful Petersen Automotive Museum. It's called "Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy," and as the name suggests, it features the two- and four-wheel stars of movies and video games, most of which will be very familiar to anyone with a passing interest in depictions of dystopian futures or speculative fiction.

"'Hollywood Dream Machines’ will be the biggest exhibit of our 25th anniversary," said Petersen Automotive Museum Executive Director Terry L. Karges. "With more than 40 vehicles from the silver screen spread across the museum, the exhibit is an ode to the industry that Los Angeles was built upon. We can’t wait to explore the fantasy and fictional concepts behind these extraordinary vehicles with the world."

Some of the featured vehicles will be more instantly recognizable than others. I'm sure everyone is familiar with Batmobiles and the time machine from Back to the Future. Others might be a little more obscure, like the Weyland Industries RT01 Group Transport from Prometheus, or Frankenstein's Corvette from Death Race 2000. And they aren't all from films, either. Halo's iconic Warthog will be on display, and along with the BTTF DeLorean, you can don a HoloLens to check it out in augmented reality.

The exhibit opens on May 5 and runs until March 15, 2020, but in advance of the opening, the museum shared some studio photos of a few of the new exhibits. In addition to the gorgeous shots they sent us, I've included a few other movie cars that were on display from my visit there earlier this year . Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to see if I can persuade my editors to send me back to LA sometime soon…

Listing image by The Petersen Museum