Art Deco Collection Finds a Parking Spot
Mullin Automotive Museum, Oxnard (closed since 2024) About 30 deluxe French Art Deco cars from Peter Mullin's collection have been donated to the Petersen Automotive Museum. Mullin, an insurance magnate and longtime Petersen board member, established his own car museum in Oxnard (now closed) and engaged Norman Foster to design a private museum for his collection in West Oxfordshire (never happened). Mullin died in 2023. The following year four prime cars were donated to the Petersen while the rest of the collection was dispersed at auction. It was assumed that was the end of the story. It's now been announced that the Mullin Family Foundation has given two dozen additional cars to the Petersen. The gift spans the marques Hispano-Suiza, Bugatti, Voisin, Delahaye, Peugeot, and Talbot Lago, and covers the period from 1922 to 1951. Starting today (July 18), a new Mullin Family Gallery within the museum's Vault will house a selection of the gift. (A guided tour of the Vaul...
