Transportation Museum
A museum about the Arkansas River, and the multi-billion dollar waterway engineering project that opened the landlocked city of Tulsa up to commercial barge shipping. In 1971, the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System opened, composed of 450 miles of rivers, mostly the Arkansas, that...
This museum houses more than 50,000 rare old photographs, papers and artifacts relating to Colorado railroads. Outside, displayed on 12 acres, is a collection of over 50 narrow and standard gauge locomotives.
A museum examining the history of transportation on the Great Lakes. It has some very nice models of ships, and boats, and a remarkable display of fresnel lenses from lighthouses. As the headquarters for the Great Lakes Historical Society, a large collection of books, documents, records and...
A museum about the region's canals, and canals in general. Located in a historical canal system which has been turned into the Hugh Moore Historical Park, containing a preserved system of channels, locks, bridges, and other structures.
The National Road was America's first federal highway, stretching from Maryland to Illinois. It was completed in 1840, after 29 years of work, and sections of it still remain intact. The museum contains a 136-foot diorama, and life-size reconstructions of scenes along the National Road.
Exhibits on transportation range from miniature models and dioramas to life-size displays and actual vehicles, aircraft, and trains. Focus is on Army vehicles, as this is the museum for Fort Eustis, headquarters for the Army's Transportation Corps.