Future Retro: American Auto Design 1940 - 1960's

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Venue:	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Exhibits

Future Retro: Drawings from the Great Age of American Automobiles, is on view through July 18, 2005 in the MFA's Lower Rotunda. This installation of approximately thirty objects showcases the beauty and ingenuity of American automotive design during the decades following World War II - a landmark period in car styling.

Drawn entirely from the collection of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, this installation of approximately thirty objects includes 28 drawings from the 1940s through the 1960s as well as two painted wood car models from the mid-fifties. Selections from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection have been designated as promised gifts to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Future Retro has been organized as a complementary installation to Speed, Style, and Beauty: Cars from the Ralph Lauren Collection on view in the Gund Gallery through July 3, 2005.

Along with the installation, the MFA has produced a book entitled Future Retro featuring over 50 color illustrations — many never before published — as well as text that discusses the role of the designer, the influence of emerging technologies, and the ways in which these illustrations depict a particularly resonant segment of the American dream.

Hours
Open seven days a week
Saturday - Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m
Monday - Tuesday 10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Wednesday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.
(Thursday and Friday after 5:00 p.m. only the West Wing is open).

Cost
$15 for adults
$13 for senior citizens and students age 18 and above
(students who are University Members are free).
Admission is free for children 17 years of age and under during non-school hours.

**General admission (which includes two visits in a 10 day period, but does not include admission to Speed, Style, and Beauty: Cars from the Ralph Lauren Collection which is $7 for adults, seniors and student; $7.50 for children 17 – 7; and free for children under 7.) .

During the run of the exhibition, the Museum will be closed on Patriot’s Day and Independence Day. For general visitor information, visit the MFA website at www.mfa.org or call 617.267.9300.

COST

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$15 adults, $13 seniors & students 18+, Under 17 free.

WEBSITE

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www.mfa.org

LOCATION

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465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA map
Phone: (617) 267-9300

REVIEWS

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Renderings of Future Car Design

Excellent. Exhibit should have been promoted at the entrance to the museum. My wife and I stumbled on it accidentially. I related to these drawings as I was a senior auto stylist with GM during this period; and I worked with 2 of the artists featured. H. Roy Jaffe