Gilmore Car Museum surprises

What a difference a year has made at the Gilmore Car Museum. We have not been there since the new Genevieve & Donald S. Gilmore Automotive Heritage Center was completed last winter. The new complex is not readily noticed approaching from Kalamazoo, Mich. Following directions from the former main gate that indicates parking is now farther down, the road reveals the Heritage Center as a surprise—built into a slope in the land, partially shielded by trees and barns.

The Heritage Center resembles a turn-of-the-century Detroit automotive factory, complete with old-fashioned brick facing. It houses a big gift shop, a caf

By BROOKS BRIERLEY