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F/A-18 E1 Super Hornet
Earth Day Celebration
EARTH DAY – What on EARTH are You Driving?
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 – 10 am – 1 pm
Drive through The William R. and Laura Rand Orthwein Education & Visitor Center Circle & Pick Up a FREE Museum admission voucher for having an environmentally friendly car (or, one that’s green in color!) Or you could ride in on a bicycle.* Use it ON Earth Day or any day you’d like! Getting a free admission voucher will make your friends GREEN with envy!
*(Two Museum admission tickets per car/bicycle.)
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
We invite you to come visit the National Museum of Transportation! Full of photographic opportunities, historic artifacts, model trains and aircraft, the first F/A-18 Super Hornet, and a Virgin Hyperloop Pegasus pod from the Smithsonian, the Museum is open Monday through Sunday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., subject to close due to inclement weather. TNMOT is primarily an outdoor facility. Please call 314.289.3508, ext. 4, for weather updates.
Our knowledgeable tour guides are available in the Earl C. Lindburg Automobile Center to answer your questions about our vintage vehicles. Public guided tours are available at 10 a.m. each open day, weather permitting, no reservation required. Much of our extensive 70-piece locomotive collection is covered under the Roberts Pavilion, plus more nearby, for safe exploring. A tour guide is on hand at the pavilion ready to reply to your inquiries.
The Major Lee Berra Creation Station
The Major Lee Berra Creation Station, an interactive transportation-themed play and educational area geared to one- to five-year olds, has boarding times Monday through Friday, at 9:15 | 10:30 | 11:45 a.m., with an additional $3 per person fee.
The Wm F. Ross Special Miniature Train
The Wm. F. Ross Special Miniature Train operates rides twice around a substantial portion of TNMOT’s property, with knowledgeable and friendly conductors narrating the trip. Train tickets are $7 extra for unlimited rides available Monday – Friday, from 9:20 a.m. – 1:20 p.m., weather and mechanicals permitting.