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
Charles Taylor
Vice President of the Board
Michael Morhaus, CPA
Treasurer of the Board
Lee Rottmann
Secretary of the Board
Terri McEachern
Executive Director
Charles J. Baine
Director
Michael Biedenstein
Director
John Brophy
Director
Amy Burkemper
Director
Richard Chenault, CPA
Director
Frank Cunetto
Director
Dr. Flint Fowler
Director
Lindley James
Director
David Koller
Director
Neil F. Norkaitis
Director
John L. Stein
Director
Ted Williams
Director
MOVE YOU
