As a cost-saving measure to meet the year’s economic challenges, the museum operated with just 80 percent of its regular fulltime staff in 2010 and continues to do so in 2011. Yet through the dedicated efforts of its staff and volunteers, the museum still offers its full array of educational programs. Here are some of its accomplishments, made possible with the help of volunteers and donors:

·                    In 2010, the museum provided almost 47,000 visitors from 50 states and 40 foreign countries with a quality experience of unique American automotive history.

·                    In 2010, participation by students in the museum's Study Trips that meet Indiana Academic Standards in a variety of subjects increased by 33%. During that year, over 1,500 students participated in the program. Since the program began in 2001, almost 14,000 students, mostly from northeast Indiana, have participated in study trips.

·                    The museum’s Archives Department fulfilled almost 1,000 archival requests from authors, car enthusiasts and educators around the world.

·                    Also in 2010, the museum opened a photo car exhibit; now visitors and students can sit in and experience a 1916 Dodge Brothers Touring car and pose for photos.

·                    More than 100 volunteers contributed almost 13,000 hours of their time to support almost all areas of museum operations in 2010.

·                    The museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day, and during 2011, is experimenting with staying open on Thursday evenings until 8 p.m. and providing free admission to a different community group in northeast Indiana each week.

·                    May 1 through Labor Day Weekend 2011, visitors can enjoy the museum’s         Glitz and Glam Photography Exhibit, free with museum admission. Twenty-five prints of original photographs and advertisements from the museum’s Archives that capture the glitz and glamour of the Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs of the Classic Era. All of these images relate to Auburns, Cords or Duesenbergs and feature the beautiful women and celebrities of the time, who owned or helped promote these magnificent automobiles. Those featured include the Marx Brothers, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Sonja Henie and the lovely 1929 America’s Physical Culture Girl contestants.