The Museum was founded in 1944 by a group of historically minded citizens who had acquired the mule-drawn streetcar “Bellefontaine.”
In 1948, the Transport Museum Association (TMA) incorporated as a non-profit educational organization to better serve the financial and volunteer needs of the Museum. Land was acquired on Barrett Station in St. Louis County, along the right-of-way of the historic Missouri Pacific Railroad, and over the years, the mule-drawn streetcar was joined by hundreds of other significant exhibits.
On September 1, 1979, the St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation formally assumed the operation and development of the Museum, accepting it as a gift from the original founders in February 1984.
TNMOT SINCE 1944
To be the leader in protecting and interpreting North America’s transportation heritage.
MUSEUM MANAGEMENT
Dr. Darryl A. Ross
President of the Board
Ross Communications (retired)
Charles Taylor
Vice President of the Board
Attorney at Law
Lee Rottmann
Secretary of the Board
Feature Group USA
Terri McEachern
Executive Director - TNMOT
Charles J. Baine
Director
John Brophy
Director
Amy Burkemper
Director
TricorBraun
Richard Chenault, CPA
Director
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Frank Cunetto
Director
Trevette Fisher
Director
Union Pacific Railroad
Dr. Flint Fowler
Director
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis
George Godat
Director
Spire, Inc.
Lindley James
Director
David Koller
Director
SLP Lighting
Nicole McPherson
Director
BJC Healthcare
John L. Stein
Director
Anheuser-Busch Inc. (retired)
Ted Williams
Director
Attorney at Law, Baker Sterchi Cowden Rice LLC
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
Automobile Advisory Committee
Mission: The Automobile Advisory committee is composed of 3-5 knowledgeable experts, including one board member, in automobile history or having practical experience in the automobile industry. These individuals will help guide the museum curator with locating automobile acquisitions as they pertain to the mission of the museum and deaccessions when necessary. They may also assist in various maintenance, repair, and restoration of the automobile collection.
Coby Ellison, Curator
(members listed alphabetically)
George Dorris
Mike Eberhardt
Michael Flaherty
John Hartmann
Kurt Valdez
Meetings: Committee meets four times a year or additionally as needed.
Rail Advisory Committee
Mission: The Railroad Advisory committee is composed of 3-5 knowledgeable experts, including one board member, in railroad history or having practical experience in the railroad industry. These individuals will help guide the museum curator with acquisitions or deaccession decisions relating to the collection. They may also assist with procurement and contract work with the existing railroad infrastructure on the museum grounds.
Coby Ellison, Curator
(members listed alphabetically)
Rich Chenault
Nick Fry
Ron Goldfedder
David Huelsing
Ted Williams
Meetings: Committee meets four times a year or additionally as needed.
Library & Archives Advisory Committee
Mission: The Library and Archives Advisory committee is composed of subject-matter experts from the community whose mission is to promote and generate public interest in the Museum’s Library and Archives collections, and to support the work of the Curator of those collections.
Teresa Militello, Curator
(members listed alphabetically)
Natalie Drew
Jane Gleason
Nancy McIlvaney
Meetings: Committee meets semiannually on Friday mornings at the Museum.
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