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Bicycle Museum
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Apr
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Texas Transportation Museum
News / Upcoming Events
Museum to be closed due to COVID-19 until further notice
TTM loves our visitors. We consider you partners in helping to keep San Antonio’s rich transportation heritage alive in South Texas. At the same time, all the experts say that the best way to end COVID-19 is to deny it the opportunity to spread. So, in keeping with this advice, TTM will be closed until it is safe for everyone to be able to be together again. We look forward to seeing y’all soon.
Cab rides in our diesel-electric locomtives
TTM is delighted to announce that we are now offering cab rides in our diesel-electric locomotives during our regularly scheduled passenger services. The maximum number of passengers that can ride in the cab at any one time is two. There is a small additional fee of $5 per person.
Here’s a link for more details: Cab Rides at TTM
Track improvement donation request
The tracks at the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio may not be as long as others but they are just as wide and just as hard to maintain, especially in August. Summer 2019 has seen a lot of both volunteer and professional work being done on our existing lines even as we put together a plan to about double their length. If you would like to make a donation – large or small – towards these efforts, here is a link that makes it super easy. You can click on the “Make a Donation” tab and get it taken care of in seconds – no hours under the broiling sun for you – or you can mail us a check at the address provided. Or make a donation in person – plastic or paper – at TTM the next time you are there.
TTM is a registered 501(c)(3) charity.
Here’s the link: Longhorn & Western Track Extension Donations
Next steam powered train ride day – to be announced
The next date for scheduled steam powered train rides at TTM will be announced as soon as the COVID-19 restrictions on the museum being open are lifted. #1, our 1925 Baldwin 0-4-0 steam locomotive will operate on a demand basis between around 10 AM to 1 PM. (with steam, all times are approximate.) No additional charge for admission. Our antique diesel electric locomotives will power the other scheduled train rides on this day. Come early to see steam being raised and a whole bunch of fun switching operations. The museum opens at 9 AM.
National holiday closure policy
The museum is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday except Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Years Day. The museum may be closed on additional days before and after each of these holidays.
Bad weather closure policy
During severe weather events, the museum may delay opening, close early or close entirely. Please call us at (210) 490-3554 to confirm. While we will always try to post such closures on this web site and on our Facebook
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The New York Museum of Transportation is a unique resource providing a wealth of historical
information for students and hours of delight and education for visitors of all ages.
Through our historic vehicles and photographs, trolley rides and track car rides and model
railroad displays, research library and gift shop, the museum’s dedicated volunteers honor
our area’s transportation history, bringing it to life for today’s visitors and preserving
it for the future.
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Experience Transportation History!
The Forney Museum of Transportation is a one-of-a-kind collection of over 600 artifacts relating to historical transportation. It began 60 years ago with a single 1921 Kissel, but soon expanded to include vehicles of all kinds. Today it includes not just vehicles, but also buggies, motorcycles, steam locomotives, aircraft, carriages, rail equipment, fire apparatus, public transportation, sleighs, bicycles, toys & diecast models, vintage apparel and much, much more!
Our collection highlights include: Union Pacific ‘Big Boy’ Steam Locomotive #4005, Amelia Earhart’s 1923 Kissel ‘Gold Bug’, Forney Locomotive, Colorado & Southern Caboose, 1923 Hispano-Suiza, 1913-53 Indian Motocycle Collection, Denver & Rio Grande Dining Car, Stutz Fire Engine, 1888 Denver Cable Car, 1923 Case Steam Tractor, 1817 Draisenne Bicycle, 500 Piece Matchbox Collection, and more!
Our Mission
The Forney Museum of Transportation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization which exists to collect, preserve, and exhibit items of artistic, historical and technological interest relating to transportation for the purposes of education and personal enrichment.
COVID-19 ANNOUNCENENT:
FORNEY MUSEUM COVID-19 UPDATE:
Although the Forney Museum of Transportation has put into place strict cleaning and disinfecting practices and our
facility comprises a large area with a great deal of open space, easily permitting the recommended “social distancing”, the Museum, at the urging of several other non-profit organizations and based on recommendations from both Denver Mayor Hancock and Governor Polis, has decided to temporarily close to visitors. At this time the Forney Museum will be closed now through April 30th, at which time we will re-evaluate the status of COVID-19 and the recommendations of local, state and federal health agencies.
The Forney Museum strongly supports the community and our thousands of annual visitors, not only locally,
but internationally and we recognize this is a challenging time for many, with a great deal of uncertainty, however we encourage everyone to remain calm and follow directives as they are issued by health officials; not the potentially misleading, hysteria driven mis-information and falsehoods disseminated on social media and other less reputable platforms. In the interim, we encourage anyone who may be exhibiting any symptoms associated with this virus, who may already be ill, has knowingly come in contact with an infected individual or has traveled to a highly impacted area, please take all appropriate precautions to guard against the additional spread of COVID-19 and follow the recommendations of health care providers.
The Forney Museum looks forward to once again welcoming visitors; hopefully in the not too distant future.
Please continue to check our website and other online postings to see our latest status.
In the meantime, please consider becoming a member or making a donation to help the Forney Museum through this difficult period. Your ongoing support is invaluable. Thank you and remain well.
Please check back for updates.
Lead Sleds
You can check out our Lead Sled exhibit on Instagram! We are posting pictures for you to enjoy. More are coming soon!
For the Kids
Click the links to download our coloring book and
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