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Browse destinations, activities or interests to plan your automotive heritage trip! With arts and entertainment, parks, gardens, cemeteries, libraries, archives, museums, historic homes, motor sports and roadside auto culture, there is truly something for everyone. Pick your places, pack up the car, put the pedal to the metal and explore the MotorCities! Explore MotorCities Button

 

Drawing will take place Monday, December 16

  • A 1:18 scale die cast metal replica of the Monkee Mobile, courtesy of General Motors.
    A 2025 Cruisin’ Hines package featuring an event hat, t-shirt and a ride around the event in the TV/movie car of their choice, courtesy of Don Nicholson Enterprises.
  • A Billy Durant interactive experience for your group, courtesy of Dore Productions.
  • A pair of tickets for the Detroit Pistons vs. the Utah Jazz on Thursday, December 19 at Little Caesars Arena, courtesy of Visit Detroit. Tipoff is 7 p.m. The winner will receive access to the North End Club, which includes food and beverages (alcohol not included, but there is a cash bar). Winner must have a valid email address and an account with Ticketmaster to receive the two tickets digitally.
  • A pair of tickets for Michigan State vs. Illinois men’s basketball on Sunday, January 19 at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, courtesy of Choose Lansing.

Plus the following from our attraction partners:

Automotive Hall of Fame: 6 winners will receive a Gift Certificate valid for four free admissions.

Detroit Historical Museum: A Friends and Family Membership in the Detroit Historical Society ($150 value)

Ford House: A "Home for the Holidays" package for four people valid through December 22, 2024.

Ford Piquette Plant Museum: package including four complimentary admission vouchers and an assortment of items from the museum store 

Gilmore Car Museum: A family four-pack of tickets.

The Henry Ford: A VIP Rouge Factory Tour Experience for 6 people ($500 value)

Meadow Brook Hall: Four winners can choose a pair of tickets for either the Holiday Walk and Winter Wonder Lights 

Michigan Firehouse Museum: Two admission passes 

Michigan Flight Museum: Two winners will receive 4-packs of free admission passes.

Michigan History Museum: A pass that admits two adults and two children. 

Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society: Five winners will receive a pair of free admission passes 

Pontiac Transportation Museum: Four complimentary admissions valid for 2025

R.E. Olds Transportation Museum: Four free admission passes

Roush Automotive Collection: A Roush Racing prize pack that includes a baseball cap, hot/cold cup w/lid and a 2018 die-cast Ricky Stenhouse model race car ($125 value)

Become a member now!

MotorCities Support Button Membership

Become an organizational member today using our secure online system. You become a part of MotorCities, as well as a part of the National Heritage Area System of the National Park Service. We value your membership and thank you for your support! 

Your 2025 Organizational Membership entitles you to...

1. Promotion of your organization and its events via our growing ...

Social media portals (over 25,000 daily reach between Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube) 
Weekly E-Newsletter called "You 'Auto' Know" that reaches more than 5,000 email inboxes every Wednesday
MotorCities.org website (pageviews have quadrupled over the last five years)

2. The ability to apply for Challenge grants to support your revitalization, education, or heritage tourism programs. Learn more here.

3. MotorCities Membership Card

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4. Recognition on the MotorCities website

2024 Membership List

Click here to sign up for or renew your MotorCities organizational membership.

This annual membership reflects that your organization is an active stakeholder in conserving the heritage and impact of the automotive industry.

 

The Internal Revenue Service recognizes MotorCities National Heritage Area Partnership, Inc. as a Section 501(c)(3) public charity. Gifts are tax deductible in the U.S.A. Our Federal Tax ID # is 13-1635294

MotorCities Cruise Club 2023

 

The second year of our MotorCities Cruise Club has wrapped up! Stay tuned to see what we have planned for 2024.

 

Join our board members Don Nicholson of Westland and Michael Bauman for our monthly Cruise Nights hosted at MotorCities’ partner attractions.  

Each of these events is open to all cruisers, but membership has its privileges! 

 

CLICK THE UNDERLINED LINKS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF MOTORCITIES AND THE CRUISE CLUB! (Only MotorCities members can join the Cruise Club)* 


CURRENT MOTORCITIES MEMBERS -- You can join our exclusive MotorCities Cruise Club for just an additional $10/year by clicking here

 

Cruise Club benefits include the following:

 

  • Club sticker and card
  • Member/Club specific parking at each Cruise Club event
  • Admission to each Museum (day of event only) for the Cruise Club member and one guest. (NOTE: MotorCities Family Membership Holders can have their family admitted) 
  • Food will be available for purchase at each event site.

 

2023 MotorCities Cruise Club Sponsors:

Vanguard Motor Sales

A complete list of benefits of MotorCities membership can be found  HERE