What do you do when you have a disaster at your museum? You make an exhibit about it! In 2014, the world was stunned when a massive sinkhole opened up right beneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Eight rare and historic Corvettes were dropped into the 40-foot-deep sinkhole.
Ten years later, five of those Corvettes are part of a public exhibit at the museum about the disaster and the recovery efforts, titled “Ground to Sky: The Sinkhole Reimagined.” The vehicles include one that was able to be driven away after it was raised, one restored by GM, one restored by the museum, and two that are total wrecks, beyond any restoration efforts. The exhibit also tells the tale of the recovery efforts in meticulous detail, and how some of the cars were restored to their previous glory. Get more details about the exhibit, open until September 15, at Jalopnik.
(Image credit: National Corvette Museum)