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There are so MANY fun things to do in 2025 at The National Museum of Transportation! Here are 25 Things to Do. To See. To Think About at The National Museum of Transportation
1. Find the Daniel Nason. This is the oldest steam
locomotive in the Museum’s collection.
(Roberts’ Pavilion)
2. BEE sure and plant yourself in the pollinator
garden. It rocks! Check out the rock scavenger hunt.
3. You don’t need tunnel vision to find this historic
landmark. Stop by the Barretts’ Tunnel.
4. Doodlebug, Moonbat & Phanton, Oh My!
What do these things have in common? The answer is
in PLANE sight in the Orthwein Center.
5. Sit in the cab of the Union Pacific Big Boy!
6. Find ‘The Dinky.’ Orange you glad you looked
hard? (Roberts’ Pavilion)
7. Visit the St. Louis Room in The Earl C. Lindburg
Automobile Building. Watch the video.
8. Visit the Women in Transportation exhibit.
What product, invented by a woman, is used in
Batman’s outfit?
9. Look at the Bellefontaine Street Car! That’s the
Museum’s first artifact. (Orthwein Center)
10. Climb on the H.T. Pott Towboat.
Why is it called a towboat?
11. See the F/A-18 E1 Super Hornet. Did you know
the Blue Angels fly Super Hornets?
12. If you run out of gas in the Chrysler Turbine Car,
what could you use for fuel? Find cars powered by
seven different fuel sources in The Earl C. Lindburg
Automobile Center.
13. Yell inside the Monsanto Chemical Tank Car.
Listen for the echo.
14. Just how much did it cost to build the Bobby
Darin Dream Car?
15. Find the Lackawanna 952. It’s 120 years old this
year! Do the math, what year was it built?
16. Find ‘The Georgia.’ Enjoy the colorful
explanation of the engine parts.
17. Ever see a Penny-farthing up close? It makes
CENTS to look in the Orthwein Center.
18. Find the C-47 Transport Plane. Did you know
this aircraft was used in World War II delivering troops
and supplies?
19. Whale Belly, Gooney Bird, U.S. Mule.
Is this a zoo? Find these three artifacts.
20. Senator Harry S. Truman rode in the
Missouri Pacific Parlor Car. Find that Railcar.
(Roberts’ Pavilion)
21. Pick up Flat Owney at the Welcome Desk and
take him home with you! Send us a photo of Owney
traveling around St. Louis or the world with you. Send
you your photos to [email protected] Watch
our social media! Your photos might be shared!
22. Stop by and see the Garden Train by the Barrett
Station back deck. Push the button on the deck and
watch them go!
23. Look for the Union Pacific Snow Plow.
How does that get snow off the tracks? (next to the
Union Pacific Big Boy)
24. What’s a double-helix model train display?
Stop in the Barrett Station Depot and find out!
25. Our F/A18 Super Hornet is Super Cool!
Try making a paper airplane using the directions below.
Turn your airplane in at The William R. and
Laura Rand Orthwein Welcome Desk for a Museum
coloring book. Can you guide your airplane through
the hoop by the Bellfontaine Street Car?
For the flyer and full directions on folding your airplane, go here.
