The Art Car Museum is a private institution dedicated to contemporary
art. It is an exhibition forum for local,national and international
artists with an emphasis on art cars, other fine arts and artists that
are rarely, if ever, acknowledged by other cultural institutions. The
museum’s goal is to encourage the public’s awareness of the
cultural, political, economic and personal dimensions of art. The Art
Car Museum, or “Garage Mahal” as many know it, opened in February
1998. It was founded as a not-for-profit arts organization by Ann
Harithas, artist and long-time supporter of the Art Car movement, and
James Harithas, currently Director of the Station Museum of
Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas.