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I visited the Bowling Green, KY factory for a tour. It is one of the most interesting tours I've ever attended. Some other tidbits about the Engine Build. Yo

I visited the Bowling Green, KY factory for a tour. It is one of the most interesting tours I've ever attended. Some other tidbits about the Engine Build. You get to build as much or as little as you want of the engine. They'll put a metal decal on the engine saying it was built by the owner with your name. Also if you visit the factory make sure you visit the Corvette museum across the road. The most interesting thing about that museum is a good section of it was swallowed up by a sinkhole. Many corvettes were swallowed up. Most were restored but several were totaled to disrepair. You can see them on display and shed a tear. There is a good section of the museum dedicated to the sinkhole mishap.

skookumchuck 9y ago
It's the generic trouble with museums - concentrating all the irreplaceable stuff in one location. Like the Library of Alexandria.
- adamsea 9y ago
  Which can also be a problem with Libraries.
- goldenkey 9y ago
  Herman Goring and other Nazis pillaged the Louvre once France surrendered. Many of the pieces were found in their personal homes after the war but many went unrecovered. Aye..
- labster 9y ago
  The alternative is that information is not discoverable, like old letters found in attics and ancient Egyptian tombs. Finally, with the advent of a the digital age, we can make data easy to find and have off-site backups. Still no good solution for physical artifacts, though.
- magduf 9y ago
  Yep, but there aren't any good alternatives. Locking things up in private collections doesn't help society, and doesn't let professionals manage the relics and also ensure they're genuine, and research their place in our history. What should be done is to make sure museums are located in extremely safe places, both from natural forces (like sinkholes, hurricanes, etc.) and also from political problems (this means putting valuable artifacts in certain countries is probably a bad idea).
bnycum 9y ago
Just as a word for people interested. The factory tours will be closed until 2019 while they retool for the new models. http://www.corvettemuseum.org/visit/plant-tours/ http://www.corvettemuseum.org/visit/plant-tours/

skookumchuck 9y ago

It's the generic trouble with museums - concentrating all the irreplaceable stuff in one location. Like the Library of Alexandria.

adamsea 9y ago
Which can also be a problem with Libraries.
goldenkey 9y ago
Herman Goring and other Nazis pillaged the Louvre once France surrendered. Many of the pieces were found in their personal homes after the war but many went unrecovered. Aye..
labster 9y ago
The alternative is that information is not discoverable, like old letters found in attics and ancient Egyptian tombs. Finally, with the advent of a the digital age, we can make data easy to find and have off-site backups. Still no good solution for physical artifacts, though.
magduf 9y ago
Yep, but there aren't any good alternatives. Locking things up in private collections doesn't help society, and doesn't let professionals manage the relics and also ensure they're genuine, and research their place in our history. What should be done is to make sure museums are located in extremely safe places, both from natural forces (like sinkholes, hurricanes, etc.) and also from political problems (this means putting valuable artifacts in certain countries is probably a bad idea).

bnycum 9y ago

Just as a word for people interested. The factory tours will be closed until 2019 while they retool for the new models. http://www.corvettemuseum.org/visit/plant-tours/ http://www.corvettemuseum.org/visit/plant-tours/