Planes, 8-Tracks, and Automobiles:

Name: Planes, 8-Tracks, and Automobiles:
Start: 2026-06-13T14:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-13T15:30:00-07:00
Location: 9404 E Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98108

Schedule

Sat Jun 13 2026 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

9404 E Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98108 | White Center, WA

Bill Lear is best known in the aviation industry as the founder of Learjet but he was also an inventor with dozens of patents across multiple industries.
Learn about how he revolutionized vehicular and musical culture with the invention of the 8-track player from Assistant Professor of Popular Music at University of California Riverside, Dr. Amy Skjerseth, featuring a selection of materials from the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
This program is FREE for Museum Members and included in the cost of General Admission.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Amy Skjerseth is Assistant Professor of Popular Music at the University of California, Riverside. Her scholarship focuses on intersections of music, media, material culture, and technology. She has two books coming out this year: the edited volume Routledge Companion to Voice and Identity in June 2026, and the monograph Preprogrammed: How Electronic Presets Changed Music and Media, which will be published open-access with University of California Press in September 2026.
Her work has appeared in multiple music, film and media publications and she has directed several public-facing conferences and academic organizations.
From the Collection:
This program will feature materials from the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, which focus on the extensive and varied career of inventor and businessman William P. Lear, as well as the philanthropic and business activities of Moya Olsen Lear. This collection was donated to The Museum of Flight by Moya Lear in 2000.