Mission Statement

The International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc, is dedicated to:

A. Recording the history of our industry through the publication of books, periodicals and historical records and other documents and,

B. Collecting and restoring and displaying the artifacts and memorabilia of our industry through our ongoing Museum Program and,

C. Providing an Information Center (the “Museum”) for the enlightenment of the general public regarding the many valuable contributions to society, worldwide, made by the towing and recovery industry. The towing and recovery industry serves the public by towing or removing damaged, disabled, abandoned, seized, repossessed or impounded vehicles from highway or other place by means of a wrecker boom, hoist, tow bar, tow line, dolly tilt bed, or other similar means of vehicle transfer without its own power or control.

D. Honoring those persons who have made unselfish and significant contributions to our industry in particular, or to mankind in general by induction into the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and/or by recognition through other means.

E. Honoring those persons who have lost their lives in the line of service to our industry by enshrining those names upon the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum’s Wall of the Fallen.

F. Providing financial support to the families of those persons who have lost their lives in the line of service to our industry by providing a method through which those families receive a financial gift from the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum’s Survivor Fund.