The first exhibit at the American Giants Museum is beginning to take shape. It features a 10’ tall x 30’ long mural that tells the story of Texaco’s 1966/67 Big Friend ad campaign. The exhibit mural was recently installed, following several month’s work writing text copy, gathering images, and designing graphics. Technicians from Prairie Signs, Bloomington, IL, installed the mural.

Next on the list is the Esso Tiger exhibit!

The 20’ Texaco Banjo sign also recently arrived at the American Giants Museum. It will be installed outside the building on the ground next to the Route 66 Land of the Giants Rest Stop area.

We’re under construction and making good progress!

Work on the American Giants Museum began in the fall of 2022 with delivery of building materials to an empty lot at the corner of Vine and Arch Streets [Old Rt. 66] in downtown Atlanta, Illinois. Less than one week later, the shell of the American Giants Museum building was completed and interior work started.

Over the winter, work focused on framing interior walls, installing electrical and HVAC systems, insulating the building, roughing in plumbing, hanging drywall and doors, painting walls, and finishing the Museum’s handicapped accessible bathroom.

Design and production work also began on the several exhibits the American Giants Museum will house.

A soft opening of the American Giants Museum building is planned for Memorial Day Weekend this summer.

The Route 66 Land of the Giants Rest Stop Area on the Museum’s grounds will be completed later this summer. A Grand Opening will be then be held for the full project, so check back to this site for details!

In the meantime, visitors are invited to check out the initial exhibits inside the American Giants Museum starting this coming Memorial Day Weekend. Over the summer and fall more figures and giants will arrive for display.

It takes a bit of work to ready a small army of giants and figures. The American Giants restoration crew is working hard to restore the giants that will be on display at the American Giants Museum. Not all of them will be fully restored. Some will appear in their vintage state. Others, like the Texaco Big Friend, are being meticulously restored for exhibit.

As time goes on, more and more giants will appear at the American Giants Museum, including members of the A&W Root Beer family, Muffler Men, and even a viking used by the Viking Carpet Co. back in the 1960s.

The American Giants restoration shop will be a busy place this spring and summer.

Lighting has been installed on the facade of the American Giants Museum. Green, goose-necked lamps have been chosen, to reflect the circa 1960s Texaco gas-station vibe on which the AGM building is modeled.

Design work for the American Giants Museum exterior signage was recently completed. The design echoes that found on circa 1960s Texaco service stations, including green stripes and red stars.

Production work on the green stripes, stars, and AGM signage is underway, with installation planned by or before Memorial Day Weekend.