UPDATE: Museum Trolley Vandalism


Trolley Vandalism

UPDATE: We have been able to raise the $20,000.00 needed for the restoration of our trolleys vandalized with graffiti.

 🎉 Thanks to more than 150 donations from 12 states for this project that will enable us to repair the damage done to these trolleys. Most of the generous individuals were first time donors to the Museum–much appreciation to all, of course, including our new friends! 

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We need YOUR HELP!  

The Museum was vandalized by a careless, selfish, and senseless act.

Donate here to help the Museum. Thank you!

Pistons & Pixels Photo Contest

The 2025 Pistons & Pixels Photo Contest at The National Museum of Transportation is underway!

Entry Information

*Pistons and Pixels Photo Contest is for amateur photographers.

*10 winners will be selected.
*They will receive a Conductor annual membership.

*Photos must be taken (or have been taken) between January 1, 2021
and June 30, 2025 by Museum guests of your visit or the collection
on exhibit in areas accessible to the public. Entrants may not touch,
alter, climb on, or disrupt Museum artifacts in any way.

Submit Photos

*The deadline for entering the Pistons and Pixels Photo Contest
is June 30, 2025.

*Submit no more than five photographs online at
[email protected]

*Include your contact information.

Winners

*10 winners will be selected.

*Winners will be announced on the Museum website, tnmot.org.

*Winners receive Conductor level membership the The National Museum
of Transportation.

Note: By entering this contest, entrants grant The National Museum of Transportation royalty-free, perpetual, license to display, distribute, reproduce, any and all photographs for educational, promotional, publicity, exhibition and all other purposes. Any photograph used
will include a photographer credit as feasible. The National Museum of Transportation will
not be require to pay any addition consideration or seek any additional approval in
connection with such uses.

The National Museum of Transportation
2933 Barrett Station Road
Saint Louis, MO 63122
314-965-6212

Link here to open the full entry information flyer.

VOTE for TNMOT – Nominated Best Open Air Museum by USA Today 2025

The National Museum of Transportation is nominated as a Best Open Air Museum by USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice – 2025. The Museum houses ‘one of the largest and best collections of transportation vehicles in the Country,’ according to representatives from the Smithsonian Institution. 


“We are honored by this recognition,” stated Terri McEachern, Executive Director. “We are proud of our campus and collection of artifacts dating back to the mid-1800s. Our collection contains many sole surviving, first edition, and/or one-of-a-kind historic artifacts.”


The Museum’s most recent collection addition is the first F/A-18 E1 Super Hornet. 


The USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards highlight top-notch attractions and businesses providing readers with trusted recommendations.  To vote visit https://10best.usatoday.com/qr/44426/ . Voting ends on Monday, February 10, 2025, at 11:59 EST.    

Model Train SWAP Meet 1-18-2025

The National Museum of Transportation is hosting a Model Train SWAP Meet on Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 2933 Barrett Station Road, St. Louis MO 63122, Entrance #2, at the Earl C. Lindburg Automobile Center. General admission is $3; vendor fee per table is $15 per table. Set-up for vendors is at 6:30 a.m. Vendors please contact John Brophy, TNMOT Board Member, at [email protected] or by phone at 314.703.5943. Vendor application is found at this link.

It’s a GREAT deal! We’re open 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Holiday Happiness Schedule 2024

The National Museum of Transportation is celebrating the holidays in transportation style with Santa flight to TNMOT in on a helicopter with his helper; live reindeer; the largest operating Christmas model train display in Missouri; the Holly Jolly Trolley; a brand new amazing miniature train, the Wm. F. Ross Special “Jupiter,” and more! For our full Holiday Happiness Schedule click here.

Spoken Word Fall 2024 Newsletter

The Fall 2024 Spoken Word Newsletter can be read here. Enjoy reading about our F/A-18 E1 Super Hornet; St. Louis Cycling Club (the oldest in the nation); our 2024 Holiday Happiness schedule; our new William F. Ross Special Jupiter Miniature Train that made a special run for the public during Trick or Track, and much more! The newsletter also has proxy voting information for TNMOT members.