Brandon Anderson

When Brandon Anderson took over as the executive director and CEO of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in the summer of 2018, he was walking into one of the coolest jobs in the collector car hobby. Anderson had worked at several other prominent museums around the country prior to coming to Auburn, Ind., but becoming only the fifth head of one of the nation’s oldest and best car shrines was a pretty significant jump.

Anderson, like almost every other museum leader around the country, has had to navigate a bumpy past 10 months thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the ACD Automobile Museum appears as healthy and vibrant as ever.

Anderson recently stopped long enough for Old Cars’ “10 Questions” treatment.

Old Cars: The past year has been tough for museums — how have you been dealing with the pandemic?

We shut down prior to our state’s mandate in March. In fact, I think we closed two days prior to everybody being forced to close and we stayed closed until June 14 … We have successfully stayed open since June 14 with our normal operating schedule seven days a week and even later hours for private