$25 for a One-Year Family Membership to the National Railroad Museum ($50 Value)
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Free admission for one year, access to members-only events & gift-shop discounts at museum home to vintage trains & thousands of artifacts
History museums instill wonder in children who have become bored with their own closets full of skeletons. Discover a body of knowledge with this Groupon.
$25 for a One-Year Family Membership ($50 Value)
- Free admission on regular days for immediate family
- Free admission and advance notice to special members-only events
- 10% discount in Museum Store
- Signed and numbered museum art print
- Subscription to quarterly newsletter Rail Lines
- Discounted admission to other special events. Click here for a list of upcoming events.<p>
Our customers loved this deal last year, earning National Railroad Museum a spot on Groupon’s Best of 2011 list.<p>
Free admission for one year, access to members-only events & gift-shop discounts at museum home to vintage trains & thousands of artifacts
History museums instill wonder in children who have become bored with their own closets full of skeletons. Discover a body of knowledge with this Groupon.
$25 for a One-Year Family Membership ($50 Value)
- Free admission on regular days for immediate family
- Free admission and advance notice to special members-only events
- 10% discount in Museum Store
- Signed and numbered museum art print
- Subscription to quarterly newsletter Rail Lines
- Discounted admission to other special events. Click here for a list of upcoming events.<p>
Our customers loved this deal last year, earning National Railroad Museum a spot on Groupon’s Best of 2011 list.<p>
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About National Railroad Museum
Resting beneath natural light from the skylights mounted above it, the hulking figure of the 1.2 million-pound Union Pacific Big Boy cloaks visitors in a shadow that stretches for nearly 50 yards. As guests ascend the monstrous cab of this steam locomotive, they enter the centerpiece of the National Railroad Museum, a chamber echoing with more than 150 years of American railroading history.
After exiting Big Boy, guests can view a computer-generated porter that recounts how African-American rail workers formed the nation's first all-black labor union, and another stop invites passengers to view inside a portion of General Eisenhower's WWII command train. Elsewhere in the museum, various collections are housed with more than 15,000 photographs, archives such as maps and engineering drawings, and more than 5,000 artifacts including uniforms and tools.
The National Railroad Museum has over 60 pieces of rolling stock, including diesel, steam, and electric locomotives, and passenger and freight cars. Among these are some of the most influential and unique pieces in railroading history, including a number of items that pertain to the state of Wisconsin.
Other must-sees of the museum include General Motors’ experimental Aerotrain; the streamlined Pennsylvania Railroad No. 4890, a GG-1 electric locomotive; and the Frederick Bauer Drumhead Collection, the largest, single collection of railroad drumheads known to exist in the United States. Most facilities are accessible, except where rolling stock cannot be altered due to their historic nature. The Museum’s train ride is accessible, and a wheelchair lift is available.
A train ride is offered on a daily basis from May through September. The Museum also hosts a variety of special events for all ages.Guided tours are available year round with advanced reservations. All tours must be booked in advance.