Texas Transportation Museum

Infobox Museum
name = Texas Transportation Museum


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latitude = 29.548163
longitude = -98.434766
established = 1964
location = San Antonio, Texas
type = Transportation Museum
visitors = 13,013
director = Pat Halpin
curator = Jared Davis
website = http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org Texas Transportation Museum (TTM) is a transportation museum located near San Antonio, Texas.

It was created in 1964 to help preserve artifacts and information about San Antonio's transportation history. TTM operates as much of the collection as possible, including many railroad vehicles on its own heritage railroad, the Longhorn and Western Railroad.

The museum was originally located at the Pearl Brewing Company near downtown San Antonio and had used the tracks of the Texas Transportation Company. In 1967 the museum was granted use of approximately forty acres of what was then known as the Northeast Preserve, now McAllister Park, just north of the San Antonio International Airport on Wetmore Road.

TTM operates artifacts on the L&W as well as several model train layouts and many automobiles.

TTM also provides an educational and entertaining experience which interprets how developments in transportation technology shaped and continue to impact daily life. TTM experienced a 55% growth in attendance between 2002 and 2006, from 8,370 to 13,013 persons annually.

TTM is a registered 501c3 Charitable organization.

Model railroad displays

*Alamo Model Railroad Engineer's (A.M.R.E.) an HO model railroad
*San Antonio Garden Railroad Engineer's Society (S.A.G.R.E.S.) G scale model railroad [ [http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org TTM site ] ]

Other info

Chairman : Pat Halpin

Manager : Hugh Hemphill

Secretary : Peter Shavney

Curator : Jared Davis

[ [http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org TTM site ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/ Texas Transportation Museum Homepage]
* [http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/SAGRES.htm The San Antonio Garden Railroad Engineers Society]
* [http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/AMRE.htm Alamo Model Railroad Engineers' (TTM's AMRE Website)]
* [http://alamomodelrailroadengineers.com/index.asp A Website about A.M.R.E. by an A.M.R.E. member]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/TXTransMuseum Texas Transportation Museum's Youtube Account