MOVING WORDS

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION has another fabulous Speaker Series Scheduled for 2023 on the second Thursday of each month, June through November. Check out our speakers and topics below. 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Earl C. Lindburg Automobile Center on the Don C. Musick III Mezzanine. Reservations are free, but required, at tnmot.org. Space is limited. Member reservations begin May 1/nonmember June 1. Email us at [email protected].

June 8 – Doug Schneider – Mystique of Route 66 in Missouri  

July 13 – John Drake Robinson – A Road Trip into America’s Hidden Heart

August 10 – Bob Panke – Charles Lindbergh – The Man – The Airplane – The Flight  

September 14 –Magdalene Linck – Rhythm on the Mississippi: How Riverboats Shaped St. Louis Music in the Early 20th Century

October 12 – Emily Jaycox – Depression-Era St. Louis Legacies on the Transportation Landscape

November 9 – Ed Dickens – Ran the working restoration, and continues to run the touring, of the “Big Boy” steam locomotive, Union Pacific No. 4014. Pending, likely via Zoom

Registration is free, but required – go here. Funding made available through the State Historical Society of Missouri Richard S. Brownlee Missouri Local History Grant.