 New York City Transit Museum - Reviews from across the web
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it is very interesting - user review
We visted the Museum a few years back and went again this past week in May 2006. It is so interesting you need a few hours to see all the exhibts and read them. It was interes...
travel.yahoo.com
Transit Museum - user review
This is a really fun place for the family. The museum entrance is an actual non-functioning subway entrance built in the 1930s. Inside you'll be greeted by a ticket-seller sitting inside an old booth. Purchase tickets there (adult tickets are $5 and children and senior tickets are $3). On the immedi...
igougo.com
New York Transit Museum
The premier museum of New York City transit history. This museum is housed in an old subway station in downtown Brooklyn and features 19 restored subway cars and other exhibits. They also sponsor frequent subway tours, and house the Transit Authority's extensive transit archives, open by appointment...
nycsubway.org
New York Transit Museum - Teacher Resource Center - About the New York Transit Museum
Over the years, the New York Transit Museum has grown in scope and popularity. In 1999 the Museum opened a retail store and gallery in newly renovated Grand Central Terminal, providing another venue to present changing exhibits that encourage the public to appreciate the history, impact, and future ...
transitmuseumeducation.org
New York Transit Museum - Teacher Resource Center - History of Public Transportation in New York City
Most of the subway system we know today was built swiftly during a great burst of construction from 1913 to 1931. To encourage rapid growth, the city divided subway contracts between two companies. This arrangement, known as the Dual Contracts or Dual System, awarded rights to the IRT to expand exis...
transitmuseumeducation.org
New York Transit Museum - Are We There Yet?
The Museum offers many other exhibits, covering virtually every aspect of New York's public rail transportation system. From the subways to the Els, the monumental achievments and the people who made them are presented to visitors in a beautiful, interesting and nostalgic environment that rewards th...
fieldtrip.com
New York Transit Museum - Brooklyn, NY
Very fun for little ones, inexpensive, loaded with informative displays. Many reminders of the terrific labor that went into the creation of (and continuous operation of) this great city's lifeblood transit system. The "buses at an intersection" is always a hit with under 5s and the en...
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New York Transit Museum
