57 Heaven

• by George Bailey • Published: May 10, 2009

Automobile afficionados who visit Branson will be delighted by 57 Heaven, which boasts one of the country’s most extensive exhibits of 1957 American cars. If the long line of Fords, Studebakers, Lincolns, DeSotos, Packards, Plymouths, Cadillacs and more doesn’t fit your fancy, you may browse the museum’s equally robust collection of 1957 memorabilia. Walk the kids and grandchildren down memory lane through “Hometown America”, which contains a barbershop and drive-in movie theater, once again modeled according to the tastes that predominated in 1957. A trip to 57 Heaven provides history buffs with the perfect excuse to quiz one another or themselves on American history and trivia. Remember the name of the satellite the former Soviet Union launched into space in 1957, which was the first of its kind? Or what Elvis Presley song was the number one hit in the country that year? These are the kinds of innocent musings 57 Heaven is designed to provoke. You’ll always enjoy the present in Branson; at 57 Heaven you can have a little fun in the past.