125 Years of Motorcycle Culture Exhibit

Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry is showing “Kickstands Up! 125 Years of Motorcycling in the PNW” through April 26, 2026. (mohai.org) The exhibit opened on November 28, 2025, in MOHAI’s Walker Gallery and was produced with the Pacific Northwest Museum of Motorcycling. (mohai.org) MOHAI says the show follows motorcycles across 125 years of backroads, city streets, mud runs, and racetracks in the Pacific Northwest. It includes vintage motorcycles, riding gear, photographs, and personal stories from riders. (mohai.org) The timeline starts with the region’s first motorcycle in 1901, which arrived in Seattle as a pacer for bicycle races, according to The Seattle Times’ event guide. (seattletimes.com) The show centers the Pacific Northwest rather than treating motorcycling as a generic national story. MOHAI says the exhibit looks at motorcycles as work vehicles, racing machines, and tools for exploring the region’s terrain. (mohai.org) KUOW reported in December that the exhibit also traces Seattle’s motorcycle culture through themes of freedom, rebellion, and risk, with riders’ stories alongside the machines. (kuow.org) MOHAI’s exhibit page says the museum is pairing the show with public programming, including an April 18, 2026 event on the Cossacks, Seattle’s motorcycle stunt and drill team. (mohai.org) Visit Seattle lists the exhibit among current museum events in the city and says it runs through April 26. MOHAI lists the same closing date on its exhibits calendar. (visitseattle.org, mohai.org) For visitors, the window is short: as of Thursday, April 23, 2026, the exhibit has three days left before it closes on Sunday, April 26. (mohai.org, visitseattle.org)