Nathan Smith joins the California Automobile Museum as Curator with a Bachelor of Arts in Historic Preservation and German from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. 

In the course of his studies, Nathan completed internships at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, the National Building Museum, and the Petersen Automotive Museum.  One of a long line of car aficionados—his great-great grandfather was a Mitchell, Oakland, and Hudson dealer beginning in 1915—Nathan learned to drive in an El Camino and is known to spend his spare time exploring new areas behind the wheel of his ’65 Corvair.