Program areas at Revs Institute for Automotive Research
Revs Institute Inc. Manages and facilitates an educational research library dedicated to the interdisciplinary study on all facets of the automobile ranging from its history, manufacturing, agent for social change, psycho-social personification, recreational and sporting use. This extensive library is available free of charge to accredited researchers and educational organizations by appointment basis and through online access. Revs Institute Inc offers 151 archival collections, 23,175 books, 1,682 magazine titles, 201,952 magazine and journal issues, and over 1,700,000 original images of which 730,095 are digitized and on rdl (Revs digital library). Revs Institute Inc added seven new collections, including the notable jesse alexander photograph collection which includes over 1,700 original signed prints and tens of thousands of negatives.
Revs Institute Inc hosted various educational events, including 2 cars & coffee events at Revs Institute. Over 1,000 automobile enthusiasts participated in the cars & coffee forum to explore the museum, showcase a car and share knowledge and experiences.
Revs Institute Inc. enters several automobiles in historic races, historic car tours, car shows and concours d'elegance events. The exhibitions educate the public about the history of the automobile, including text labels for specific cars explaining their significance and historical perspective, and trained staff who provide information of the automobile. Revs Institute Inc participated in several events during 2023 including amelia island concours, goodwood festival of speed, rolex monterey motorsports pre-reunion and reunion, pebble beach concours d'elegance, turtle invitational 4, porsche rennsport reunion 7 and velocity invitational.
Educational tours and admissions: educational tours of and general admissions to auto and library collections to 24,381 people, students, researchers and professionals.
Educational events: hosted 2 cars & coffee events at Revs Institute. Approximately 1,000 automobile enthusiasts participated in the cars & coffee forum to explore the museum, showcase a car and share knowledge and experiences Revs Institute provided the museum gallery to 5 corporate events as a forum for individuals to view the museum automobile gallery and exhibits. Revs Institute Inc provided automobiles to 7 unrelated groups for events as an exhibit to expose the public to the significance of the automobile.
Educational materials: educational materials including 346 research projects provided to professors and researchers which included 934 images sold.