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    Segerstrom Shelby Event Center

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    Shelby Daytona

    Wow! This is a spectacular exhibit of Carol Shelby! The cobras, mustangs, Daytona, gt40, and many more tell the story of Shelby in detail. The building space itself is beautiful and quite frankly one of the best automotive exhibits I've been to. The staff told me a quick tour takes 45 min and if you read and watch everything it's 2.5 hours. I wish I could stay longer it has many more cars than I thought!!

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    Terri B.

    Wow! So grateful we can get out and about and start enjoying life again after Covid lockdowns. We headed to Segerstrom Shelby Event Center and were so pleasantly surprised by this gem. The collection of Shelby cars, auto memorabilia and restored antique gas pumps is impressive. We had a ball reading about each special car, and having the opportunity to see all these Shelby's in one place. This truly is a must see. Thanks to the Segerstrom's for sharing these cars with the public. Truly incredible.

    Jonathan H.

    My wife and I visited here today and it was amazing! If you're a fan of the movie, "Ford vs. Ferrari", or love cars, or love great design, or love to see how a great American entrepreneur can produce great products this is the museum for you. The museum is largely dedicated to the cars designed and produced by Carroll Shelby (played by Matt Damon in the movie). He created the Shelby AC Cobra and worked with Ford to make the Ford Mustang into a great muscle car. His story is told at the museum and it's quite a colorful and uplifting story. In addition to dozens of stunning, mint condition, one of a kind cars are antique gas pumps that are incredible to look at. This truly is a world class museum. I discovered it by accident. After visiting it I consider it a "must see" in Irvine and Southern California.

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    Thank you very much! We look forward to seeing you again in our home!

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    Any car enthusiast would enjoy a visit to this museum. Some really rare wonderful Shelby

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    It was better than expected! First rate experience and great staff. Outstanding display of Shelby cars.

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    “Their were Cobra's, GT350's, GT500's, and a terrific collection of all things Shelby machines!”

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    Lyon Air Museum - The Lyon Air Museum at the John Wayne International Airport in Santa Ana,California is a must see!

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    Love that this museum is just sitting right next to the Santa Ana Airport like it's no big deal…read more The plane and car collection is awesome, and there's a whole spread of other historical artifacts scattered around that'll eat up most of your afternoon. What's cool is you can actually see inside some of the big planes, which really shows you what these crews were working with. Spoiler: hot, not much legroom and even less comfort. To add to the experience, there are docents/walking Wikipedias, roaming around ready to help. They're kind, friendly, incredibly knowledgeable, and their stories are the kind that stick with you for days. I became a member partly because of them. My favorite part of the museum is being able to sit and watch takeoffs and landings from SNA the whole time you're there. I could genuinely camp out all day. Just wish the runway was bigger so we'd get some bigger planes like at LAX. Anyway, so this museum started in 2009 showing Major General William Lyon's personal collection. Every aircraft here is still kept airworthy, not just propped up for looks, which is crazy. That detail alone makes it feel less like a museum and more like a very well organized hangar of time machines. But the real main event is the monthly car and plane meetups. They roll open the massive hangar doors so you can walk straight out onto the tarmac, and suddenly you're watching planes take off from super up close. It's unreal. Members get in an hour early too, so you skip the crowds entirely. A lot of people don't know this place exists though, which is wild given how good it is. Glad we stumbled onto it. Go check it out!

    Came to Lyon Air Museum to check out the collection of historic planes and cars. Admission was $15…read moreper adult with kids 5 and under free. The museum itself is fairly small since the exhibits are primarily limited to the indoor display area (at least during our visit). There's a pretty interesting collection of aircraft, vintage cars, and other historical items to walk around and look at. It's a nice place to spend an hour or so, especially if you have kids who are interested in planes and cars. There's also a small interactive area where visitors can actually climb into some of the vehicles which was a fun addition. The planes weren't available to enter when we visited, but we were able to get inside about four different cars. This was probably one of the more enjoyable parts for the kids since they could actually sit inside rather than just look at the exhibits. I do wish we would have been able to go outside to watch some of the planes taking off from John Wayne Airport. You can catch glimpses of some planes through the large garage-style doors, but being able to view them outdoors would have definitely made the experience more enjoyable. I'd highly recommend visiting during the cooler months especially if you're sensitive to heat. There is no air conditioning in the main display room. During our visit the space felt pretty dry, warm, and stuffy after walking around for a while. There is a small theater room with air conditioning where you can sit and watch videos and learn more about history. We enjoyed this area and thought it was a nice addition to the museum. Overall, it's a smaller museum so I wouldn't plan on spending several hours here, but it's a neat stop if you're interested in aviation or military history.

    Sherman Library & Gardens - Admission is only $5 and free parking space.

    Sherman Library & Gardens

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    My hubs and I visited the Sherman Gardens during the first week of March. It was our first time…read morethere even though I grew up in SoCal and fly back every year to visit my parents. Wish I had visited earlier because it is truly a gem of a garden! Due to construction, we were only able to visit about half of the garden. That was a bummer, but what was available for viewing was gorgeous. From the cactus and succulent garden to the tropical banana trees to the seasonal flower beds and shade garden, it was all really beautiful. Also, there was an ikebana show and demo happening that day for free as part of our admission fee. It was a really cool show, the demos were super interesting, and my hubs won one of the pretty arrangements they raffled off! Such a great way to spend a morning.

    Participated in their Yappy Hour event this past Friday. Lovely crowd and vibes. Half of the…read morelibrary is under construction for their new project, so we didn't have full access to everything but we still enjoyed the live music and company. We brought our little pug as well. He had a fun time barking at all of the other four legged friends while exploring the grounds. They also had water bowls around the gardens as well as free treats for the furbabies. Lots of shade after 5pm! Overall fun experience. The tickets for Yappy Hour are a bit pricey considering how little of the gardens we got to see because of the construction. Still a fun experience seeing our little pug socialize with other dogs. Our tickets each came with a free drink voucher. They had a good selection of beers and wines. We'll definitely come back for the next Yappy Hour!

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