Spring break fun awaits Volo Auto Museum visitors   VOLO — No tropical beaches on your spring-break agenda? No sweat!   How about an up-close-and-personal encounter with an X-34 Landspeeder instead? Or mingling with superheroes and princesses? Or an early bird view of the Volo Auto Museum’s newest exhibit?   Spring break is always sunny at the Volo Auto Museum, where numerous activities are planned starting this weekend.   “Beginning Saturday (March 26), we are opening our unfinished Evolution of Travel and Lodging exhibit ...

              Chicago Auto Show ticket stubs good for half-price Volo Auto Museum admission   VOLO — Planning to be among the hundreds of thousands who’ll take in the sights at this year’s Chicago Auto Show Feb. 13-21 at McCormick Place?   Hang on to those ticket stubs, and enjoy half off admission for more automotive excitement at the Volo Auto Museum. The offer is good for 30 days after the Chicago Auto Show closes, or through March 21, said Brian Grams, director of the museum at 27582 Volo Village Road.   The Volo Auto Museum w...

       Rename the Volo Auto Museum; win $5,000 “That name doesn't do justice to an attraction that winds through a half-dozen warehouse-size buildings, and whose exhibits include a roadside bomb from Iraq, a Bonnie and Clyde Death Car, and a 14-foot-tall animated King Kong.” – roadsideamerica.com, referring to the Volo Auto Museum in a recent story. VOLO — It might cost you the price of an admission ticket to gain the right inspiration, but it’s worth $5,000 to the person who comes up with a winning replacement for the name of a certain 5...