---
title: "Harley-Davidson Museum Celebrating Its 10-Year Anniversary This Weekend"
description: "The Harley-Davidson Museum turns ten today, and the Milwaukee institution is celebrating a decade of preserving and presenting H-D history with a series of events for both passionate brand loyalists, casual enthusiasts, and anyone in between."
date: "2018-07-12"
modified: "2018-07-12"
authors:
  - name: "Eric Brandt"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/eric-brandt"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/22117/harley-davidson-museum-celebrating-its-10-year-anniversary-this-weekend"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Anniversary"
  - "harley-davidson"
  - "harley-davidson museum"
---

# Harley-Davidson Museum Celebrating Its 10-Year Anniversary This Weekend

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The [Harley-Davidson Museum](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/15946/harley-davidson-museum-offering-free-admission-to-vets-and-active-military-this-weekend>) turns ten today, and the Milwaukee institution is celebrating a decade of preserving and presenting H-D history with a series of events for both passionate brand loyalists, casual enthusiasts, and anyone in between.

Not surprisingly, the celebration begins with a Bike Night on Thursday July 12 from 5:00 pm (central time) onward. Bike Night at the museum will include H-D trivia, a live performance from Milwaukee-based swing band The Radio Wranglers, a Milwaukee Fire Department Fire Boat Show starting at 7, and fireworks at 8:50 pm.

On Friday morning you can enjoy complimentary coffee and enter to win door prizes including a Harley-Davidson 115th Anniversary Chrome Rally pack. The Chrome Pack is a $995 value that comes with an exclusive tour of the Juneau Avenue headquarters, special H-D museum experiences like private lounge access, a reproduction print of Willie Davidson’s “Peace Guy,” an H-D branded action camera, an H-D parade pass, and much more.

On Saturday, you can check out the Wild Ones: Vintage Motorcycle Rally, which is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the iconic H-D Panhead engine. This 1940s-style motorcycle rally will be celebrating Harley-Davidsons from 1948-1965. The Panhead engine gained some of its fame when in the 1969 film *Easy Rider,* in which both Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper’s characters rode Panhead-powered Harleys. This show will also give you a chance to enter to win a [Sailor Jerry-inspired Harley-Davidson.](<https://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/21094/you-could-win-a-sailor-jerry-custom-designed-harley-davidson-softail-motorcycle>)

All weekend long, guests to the museum can enjoy $10 admission, a Wall of Death stunt show performed by the Ives Brothers, and special-edition anniversary items available at The Shop. It all leads up to a bigger [115th Anniversary](<https://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/18991/harley-davidson-is-rolling-out-special-bikes-and-big-parties-to-celebrate-115-years>) party for the brand taking place at the museum this August. The [Harley-Davidson](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21775/heres-whats-really-going-on-with-harley-davidson-trade-tariffs-and-donald-trump>) Museum is a cool stop anyway for riders and non-riders alike, and the special events and cheap admission this weekend make it an even better place to visit if you happen to be in the Milwaukee area.

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