Ojai Valley Museum presents a Town Talk related to the current exhibition, “Ojai Collects,” which showcases selections from eight Ojai private collections. The exhibit runs through Sunday, September 15th, 2013.

Guy Webster will give a power point presentation, “Fifty Years of Motorcycling and Collecting.” Event will be held on Friday, September 13th from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in the museum’s Rotating Gallery. Legendary portrait photographer Webster has assembled the world’s finest collection of vintage Italian motorcycles that happen to be housed in a by-appointment-only museum in Ojai. He will focus his presentation on his passion for collecting motorcycles that began at age 14 despite the wishes of his mother and the dictated laws of the time. Webster will tell a story of collecting that spans his lifetime. Webster says, “I could tell you how much this bike or that one is worth, and sure, it’s a lot of money. But that’s not what this (collection) is about. I don’t justify my passion in dollars and cents. Instead, I collect these machines to commemorate lives and times, and loves, that comprise the stuff of legends.”

Mark your calendar and plan to attend this revealing and insightful adjunct experience to the Ojai Collects exhibit. Members are FREE and non-members are $5.00 at the door. Seating is limited, so please call the museum office to reserve seats @ (805) 640-1390 x 203.

The Ojai Valley Museum, established in 1967, is generously supported in part by museum members, private donors, business sponsors and underwriters, the Smith-Hobson Foundation, Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, City of Ojai, Rotary Club of Ojai, and the Ojai Civic Association.

The museum is located at 130 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai, CA. Admission: free for current 2013 members, adults - $5.00, children 6–18 - $1.00 and children 5 and under – free. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Tours are available by appointment. Free parking is available off Blanche Street at back of museum.

For more information, call the museum at (805) 640-1390, ext. 203, e-mail ojaimuseum@sbcglobal.net or visit the museum website at: Ojai Valley Museum.org Find us on Facebook Ojai Valley Museum