The Museum features a "Restoration Factory", designed to teach life and work skills to young men and women, 15-18.
• The Restoration Factory will serve 200-400 students during 2012, working with the DISD's W. H. Adamson High School Automotive program.
• The operating goal of the Museum is to become recognized as one of the top 10 Automotive Museums in the world.

The intent of the Texas Museum of Automotive History's Restoration Factory Program is fivefold:
• Teach life and work skills to all Restoration Factory Program students (recruited from DISD Automotive Programs) as per our Four Year curriculum.
• Help college bound Restoration Factory Program graduates process their College applications to get full Scholarships.
• Fund college tuition shortfalls for Restoration Factory Program graduates that want to go to college, but lack funding via the "Restoration Factory Scholarship Endowment Fund".
• Place (non-college) Restoration Factory Program graduates with premium automotive businesses that support the Museum.
• Create Restoration Factory Program Entrepreneurs and revive Fair Park's surrounding area. Help students that want to build their own business find sponsors, mentors and funding.

Our objective is to teach young men and women, 15-18, life and work skills. Our four year "Restoration Factory Program" curriculum is summarized below:
• Year 1 - Automotive Fundamentals (Automotive Industry History, Automotive Operation (basic car components and how they work), Industry Overview (job positions and required skills), Affiliated Businesses, Life Skills).
• Year 2 - Automotive Class One (Basic Repair and Restoration, Life Skills).
• Year 3 - Automotive Class Two (Detailed Repair, Restoration Specialties, Engineering, Design, Local Automotive Business Internships and Life Skills).
• Year 4 - College and Work preparation (Scholarship Applications, Student Loan Applications, Resume Preparation, Work Applications) and Life and Work Skills Tuition to Restoration Factory program first and second year students).

20 x key words symbolize the Life and Work skills education elements of our Restoration Factory Program:

Restoration Factory Program - Work Skills:
Design - creativity, intellectual thought and original thinking
Passion - a desire to be the best at what we do
Competition - a desire to win, an appreciation of rules
Technology - learn and leverage technology - work smart
Innovation - embrace new thinking, learn from past innovations
Team Work - how to work well in a team
Performance - what does it take to be "the best"
History - history is a great guide to our future
Nostalgia - what drives this powerful emotion?
Education - how to learn efficiently
Engineering - what is engineering and why is it important

Restoration Factory Program - Life Skills:
Respect - to feel or show deferential regard for; esteem
Confidence - reliance or trust. A feeling of self-assurance
Responsibility - accounting for one's actions; dependable
Perseverance - to persist in an idea, purpose or task despite obstacles
Courtesy - considerate behavior toward others; a polite remark or gesture
Judgment - the ability to make a decision or form an opinion; a decision reached after consideration
Honesty - the quality or state of being truthful; not deceptive
Integrity - strict adherence to a standard of value or conduct; personal honesty and independence
Sportsmanship - observing the rules of life and winning or losing with grace



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