Preview of new exhibition at Petersen Automotive Museum

Totally Awesome! is a new exhibition at the Petersen Automotive Museum that is opening this Saturday, June 7th.

June 6, 2025 3:15 PM PT

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Tom Carroll got a sneak preview this week and spoke with two of the curators of the show to better understand how automobiles and popular culture intersected during the ’80s and ’90s. Hint: Computers changed everything.

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Tom Carroll

Tom Carroll is a content creator for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2022, he created, produced and hosted the web series “Tom Explores Los Angeles.” He has produced stories for NPR and Gimlet. A fourth-generation Southern Californian, he is a graduate of Occidental College and the University of Southern California.