Tacoma – – October 12, 2026 -- LeMay – America's Car Museum has opened a new exhibit, Rare & Luxurious: 100 Years of Exceptional Automobiles, in its Showcase Gallery.

The exhibit traces luxury and performance from the 1920s to today

Visitors will see vehicles from Duesenberg, Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Continental, Crane-Simplex and other marques. The museum describes the show as a look at how luxury and performance have evolved over a century.

Tacoma – October 12, 2026 -- LeMay – America's Car Museum has a busy 2026 lined up: a refreshed Route 66 exhibition, a free monthly Cars & Coffee meetup starting January 17, and a newly approved Washington specialty license plate.

Washington State – October 12, 2026 -- Washington drivers will be able to order a new LeMay – America's Car Museum specialty license plate, after the Washington State Department of Transportation approved its design. The museum has not yet announced when ordering opens.

The original black-and-white design went to the State

The museum first proposed a black-and-white "throwback" look. The State adopted that design for its own retro plate series, so it is no longer associated with the museum and is owned by the State.

Tacoma – October 12, 2026 -- LeMay – America's Car Museum opens The Birth of the American Supercar on October 25, an exhibition guest curated by automotive innovator Steve Saleen, with a free monthly car meet and a refreshed Route 66 display also on the calendar.

Washington State – October 12, 2026 -- Washington drivers will soon be able to order a LeMay – America's Car Museum (ACM) specialty license plate, now that the Washington State Department of Transportation has approved the final design. No release date has been announced yet.

Tacoma – October 12, 2026 -- Washington drivers will be able to order a LeMay – America's Car Museum specialty license plate once the state confirms a release date. The design has been officially approved by the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Hangzhou – October 11, 2026 -- Rihanna's golden embroidered dragon robe from the 2015 Met Gala is on public display in China until August 31, 2027, as part of a Guo Pei retrospective at the China National Silk Museum.

"Garden of Ethereal Realms: Guo Pei Costume Art Exhibition" opened on September 27, 2026, in the museum's Fashion Gallery. It covers four decades of work by Guo Pei, a leading figure in Chinese contemporary haute couture, and shows how her career has developed.

New York – October 11, 2026 -- LEGO fans can now build a Star Wars and Marvel crossover for a LEGO Ideas challenge, and the favorite submissions can become an official LEGO product.

The LEGO Group announced the challenge at New York Comic Con during a panel featuring Kevin Smith, an actor, director and Marvel Comics writer. It is the first time fans can build with both Marvel and Star Wars in a single LEGO Ideas challenge.

Aspen – October 07, 2026 -- Skiers at Aspen Snowmass will carry pocket-sized artwork this winter after Aspen One announced that Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes has designed the 2026/27 season's lift tickets and season passes. The collaboration falls under Aspen One's Art in Unexpected Places (ArtUP) program, which has turned lift tickets into collectible art for more than two decades.

Charleston – October 07, 2026 -- Palmetto Publishing has released "The Silence Has Spoken," the third and final installment in author Anne Elder's Silence Series, now available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.