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Mark your calendars: The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is hosting a volunteer-orientation program at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday, August 16. Anyone interested in volunteering at the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival, October 3-5, must attend this training session.

Volunteers interact with museum guests to promote the exhibition, history, interpretation, and preservation of motorcycles, motorsports, and a variety of vintage vehicles. Opportunities include event hospitality, floor marshals, student field trips, light display cleaning, as well as museum and garden docents.

As a symbol of gratitude toward those who donate their energy and time to the museum, the Volunteer Rewards Program recognizes this involvement with a year-end celebration. For additional information and to sign up, go to https://tinyurl.com/mr3rnb5a. 🔗 LINK IN BIO. 🔗

Pictured: Dedicated volunteer Jody Edwards with Josef Newgarden (2025)

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Mark your calendars: The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is hosting a volunteer-orientation program at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday, August 16. Anyone interested in volunteering at the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival, October 3-5, must attend this training session.

Volunteers interact with museum guests to promote the exhibition, history, interpretation, and preservation of motorcycles, motorsports, and a variety of vintage vehicles. Opportunities include event hospitality, floor marshals, student field trips, light display cleaning, as well as museum and garden docents.

As a symbol of gratitude toward those who donate their energy and time to the museum, the Volunteer Rewards Program recognizes this involvement with a year-end celebration. For additional information and to sign up, go to https://tinyurl.com/mr3rnb5a. 🔗 LINK IN BIO. 🔗

Pictured: Dedicated volunteer Jody Edwards with Josef Newgarden (2025)

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“Are we there yet?” If you’re a parent or a grandparent, you’ve probably heard that age-old phrase, usually expressed by tired, younger travelers. After a long day, or especially several long days, on the road, knowing your destination is either within sight or right around the bend is always a welcome relief.

Before directions were a smartphone swipe away, vacationers relied on paper maps, road signs, and popular landmarks to reach their destinations. In the spirit of those time-honored traditions, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum has erected a new roadside billboard a short distance from Barber Motorsports Park.

The colorful, rectangular panel, standing tall to the right of eastbound Interstate 20, which stretches more than 1,500 miles from Reeves County, Texas, to Florence, South Carolina, alerts automobile drivers and motorcycle riders to depart the highway at Exit 140. From that point, the museum is less than 5 minutes away.

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“Are we there yet?” If you’re a parent or a grandparent, you’ve probably heard that age-old phrase, usually expressed by tired, younger travelers. After a long day, or especially several long days, on the road, knowing your destination is either within sight or right around the bend is always a welcome relief.

Before directions were a smartphone swipe away, vacationers relied on paper maps, road signs, and popular landmarks to reach their destinations. In the spirit of those time-honored traditions, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum has erected a new roadside billboard a short distance from Barber Motorsports Park.

The colorful, rectangular panel, standing tall to the right of eastbound Interstate 20, which stretches more than 1,500 miles from Reeves County, Texas, to Florence, South Carolina, alerts automobile drivers and motorcycle riders to depart the highway at Exit 140. From that point, the museum is less than 5 minutes away.

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“The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is a destination racing fans, car and motorcycle enthusiasts will all enjoy,” says WHNT News 19 anchor Carmen Fuentes. “Between the giant catalog of vintage vehicles and the STEM education opportunities, the thrills and astonishment are endless. And they’re only a one-tank trip away.”

Fuentes recently toured the museum with Executive Director Brian Case. In addition to explaining founder George Barber’s passion for engineering and motorsports, Case illustrated the importance of the Barber Advanced Design Center, describing it as the “highlight of our educational tours.”

“When we talk about STEM,” he said, “we showcase a lot of the design tools—software, 3D printing, laser scanning; all kinds of tools—to generate and create design.” Based in Huntsville, 100 miles north of Birmingham, WHNT News 19 is the CBS affiliate in North Alabama and the Tennessee Valley.

Visit the link in bio for WHNT News 19`s interview with Executive Director, Brian Case.

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“The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum is a destination racing fans, car and motorcycle enthusiasts will all enjoy,” says WHNT News 19 anchor Carmen Fuentes. “Between the giant catalog of vintage vehicles and the STEM education opportunities, the thrills and astonishment are endless. And they’re only a one-tank trip away.”

Fuentes recently toured the museum with Executive Director Brian Case. In addition to explaining founder George Barber’s passion for engineering and motorsports, Case illustrated the importance of the Barber Advanced Design Center, describing it as the “highlight of our educational tours.”

“When we talk about STEM,” he said, “we showcase a lot of the design tools—software, 3D printing, laser scanning; all kinds of tools—to generate and create design.” Based in Huntsville, 100 miles north of Birmingham, WHNT News 19 is the CBS affiliate in North Alabama and the Tennessee Valley.

Visit the link in bio for WHNT News 19`s interview with Executive Director, Brian Case.

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Iconic Motorbikes, the world-renowned online auction site, service center, and enthusiast destination, will be the presenting sponsor of “Motorcycles by Moonlight,” the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum’s annual gala and fundraiser, on Friday, October 3.

In addition, Iconic Motorbikes is donating to the museum’s silent auction a replica built by Australian Mark Boxer of the Erion Racing Honda CBR900RR raced by the late Nicky Hayden in the 1999 AMA Formula Xtreme series.

On Saturday, October 4, the auction winner will have an opportunity to lap the Barber Motorsports Park road course with Iconic Motorbikes co-founders Adam Tromp and Abhi Eswarappa. Hayden’s actual race-winning Honda, owned by Iconic, will be on display.

Proceeds from the evening will support the collection, restoration, and preservation of motorsports history, the museum’s education department in particular. Tickets for the event, which promises to be one of the highlights of the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival, are available at motorcyclesbymoonlight.com.

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Iconic Motorbikes, the world-renowned online auction site, service center, and enthusiast destination, will be the presenting sponsor of “Motorcycles by Moonlight,” the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum’s annual gala and fundraiser, on Friday, October 3.

In addition, Iconic Motorbikes is donating to the museum’s silent auction a replica built by Australian Mark Boxer of the Erion Racing Honda CBR900RR raced by the late Nicky Hayden in the 1999 AMA Formula Xtreme series.

On Saturday, October 4, the auction winner will have an opportunity to lap the Barber Motorsports Park road course with Iconic Motorbikes co-founders Adam Tromp and Abhi Eswarappa. Hayden’s actual race-winning Honda, owned by Iconic, will be on display.

Proceeds from the evening will support the collection, restoration, and preservation of motorsports history, the museum’s education department in particular. Tickets for the event, which promises to be one of the highlights of the 20th annual Barber Vintage Festival, are available at motorcyclesbymoonlight.com.

#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #BarberVintageFestival #MotorcyclesByMoonlight #IconicMotorbikes #NickyHayden ...

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Do you remember the “Art of the Motorcycle,” the Guggenheim Museum’s highly publicized sonnet to 130 years of mechanized two wheels? The Wall Street Journal summarized the 1998 exhibition as, “The best thing in New York right now, a summer must for anyone interested in art and design, quite apart from the show’s appeal to people who know and enjoy motorcycles."

Some 27 years ago, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum shipped 21 motorcycles to the Upper East Side of Manhattan for the original show, demonstrating its belief in the powerful spiritual connection between art and motorsports. The exhibition later traveled to Chicago, Las Vegas, and Bilbao, Spain. The latter run was extended from three to 11 months and seen by more than 1 million people

In this video (Link in Bio), Ultan Guilfoyle, co-curator of the “Art of the Motorcycle,” expounds on one of the Barber museum’s recent acquisitions, a 1923 BMW R 32, an example of which also appeared at the Guggenheim. Fittingly, the installation at Barber of this carefully conserved first-year model coincided with BMW’s 100th year of motorcycle design.

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Do you remember the “Art of the Motorcycle,” the Guggenheim Museum’s highly publicized sonnet to 130 years of mechanized two wheels? The Wall Street Journal summarized the 1998 exhibition as, “The best thing in New York right now, a summer must for anyone interested in art and design, quite apart from the show’s appeal to people who know and enjoy motorcycles."

Some 27 years ago, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum shipped 21 motorcycles to the Upper East Side of Manhattan for the original show, demonstrating its belief in the powerful spiritual connection between art and motorsports. The exhibition later traveled to Chicago, Las Vegas, and Bilbao, Spain. The latter run was extended from three to 11 months and seen by more than 1 million people

In this video (Link in Bio), Ultan Guilfoyle, co-curator of the “Art of the Motorcycle,” expounds on one of the Barber museum’s recent acquisitions, a 1923 BMW R 32, an example of which also appeared at the Guggenheim. Fittingly, the installation at Barber of this carefully conserved first-year model coincided with BMW’s 100th year of motorcycle design.

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Happy 40th birthday, GSX-R! Suzuki’s iconic sport bike debuted in 1985 with the GSX-R750, and the unbroken production run of fully faired four-cylinder repli-racers continues to this day with the 2025 GSX-R600, GSX-R750, and GSX-R1000.

Examples of these iconic motorcycles are displayed throughout the museum. Many visitors will remember that first- and second-generation GSX-R750s and GSX-R1100s relied on a combination of air and oil to cool their compact, lightweight power plants.

“Think of the oil system as a necessary supplement, a way of getting heat out of places that vexed air-cooled engines’ designers, namely the top of the combustion chamber,” wrote Marc Cook in his excellent 2005 book, “Suzuki GSX-R: A Legacy of Performance.”

Even the color of the engine was intentionally selected to keep the potent package as cool as possible. “The gunmetal gray finish was chosen because it best rejected the heat,” explained Cook. “No thermal stone was left unturned.”

Following the press introduction for the 2011 GSX-R600 and GSX-R750 models at Barber Motorsports Park, American Suzuki donated the first U.S.-spec 2011 GSX-R750 to the museum, where it remains in the permanent collection.

Photos by Joe Avila

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Happy 40th birthday, GSX-R! Suzuki’s iconic sport bike debuted in 1985 with the GSX-R750, and the unbroken production run of fully faired four-cylinder repli-racers continues to this day with the 2025 GSX-R600, GSX-R750, and GSX-R1000.

Examples of these iconic motorcycles are displayed throughout the museum. Many visitors will remember that first- and second-generation GSX-R750s and GSX-R1100s relied on a combination of air and oil to cool their compact, lightweight power plants.

“Think of the oil system as a necessary supplement, a way of getting heat out of places that vexed air-cooled engines’ designers, namely the top of the combustion chamber,” wrote Marc Cook in his excellent 2005 book, “Suzuki GSX-R: A Legacy of Performance.”

Even the color of the engine was intentionally selected to keep the potent package as cool as possible. “The gunmetal gray finish was chosen because it best rejected the heat,” explained Cook. “No thermal stone was left unturned.”

Following the press introduction for the 2011 GSX-R600 and GSX-R750 models at Barber Motorsports Park, American Suzuki donated the first U.S.-spec 2011 GSX-R750 to the museum, where it remains in the permanent collection.

Photos by Joe Avila

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The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum will be closed this Friday, July 4th in honor of Independence Day. We will see you at the Museum on Saturday the 5th. Enjoy a safe, fun holiday weekend! 🎆

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The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum will be closed this Friday, July 4th in honor of Independence Day. We will see you at the Museum on Saturday the 5th. Enjoy a safe, fun holiday weekend! 🎆 ...

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Birmingham native Lee Clark has played an integral role at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and Barber Motorsports Park for more than three decades, including 10 years as restoration manager.

Clark, who remains active at the museum, heading up several projects, was interviewed earlier this year by Alabama Region of the Sports Car Club of America board member Mike Wenning for the ALSCCA website, alscca.net.

“Mr. Barber reminds me that these are old race cars, and they don’t necessarily have seat belts,” Clark says, regarding track testing the often-irreplaceable machines. “That keeps me from going too fast, especially in the corners.”

Read the full interview here: https://alscca.net/lee-clark-interview.

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Birmingham native Lee Clark has played an integral role at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and Barber Motorsports Park for more than three decades, including 10 years as restoration manager.

Clark, who remains active at the museum, heading up several projects, was interviewed earlier this year by Alabama Region of the Sports Car Club of America board member Mike Wenning for the ALSCCA website, alscca.net.

“Mr. Barber reminds me that these are old race cars, and they don’t necessarily have seat belts,” Clark says, regarding track testing the often-irreplaceable machines. “That keeps me from going too fast, especially in the corners.”

Read the full interview here: https://alscca.net/lee-clark-interview.

#BarberMuseum #BarberMotorsportsPark #Ferrari #MVAgusta #JohnSurtees ...

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Upcoming Events

Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum will be closed July 4, 2025.

1959 Ducati 200SS

1926 Royal Enfield 200 Sport

1894 Hildebrand & Wolfmüller

1954 AJS E95 "Porcupine"

1995 Britten V1000

1926 Royal Enfield Model 200

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