Museums - A Photo Thread - Page 44

geomorph · #**861** Posted **Apr 16, 2026, 12:05 AM**

Railway Display: History Colorado Center
Location: Denver, Colorado

Railway Display: Alaska State Museum
Location: Juneau, Alaska

Railway Display: South Carolina State Museum
Location: Columbia, South Carolina

Railway Display: The Franklin Institute
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Railway Display: Atlanta History Center
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Railway Display: Chicago History Museum
Location: Chicago, Illinois

Railway Display: Fort Calgary
Location: Calgary, Alberta

Railway Display: Glenbow Museum
Location: Calgary, Alberta

Railway Display: Washington State Museum
Location: Tacoma, Washington

Railway Display: Flagler Museum
Location: Palm Beach, Florida

Railway Display: Origen Museum
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Railway Display: National Postal Museum
Location: Washington, DC

Railway Display: National Museum of American History
Location: Washington, DC

All photos taken by geomorph in 2009-2023.

whatnext · #**862** Posted **Apr 17, 2026, 7:12 PM**

Cool! Have you been to the museum in Cranbrook, BC with the large railway collection?

https://www.cranbrookhistorycentre.com/exhibit/railcar_collection/

geomorph · #**863** Posted **Apr 19, 2026, 4:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by whatnext

Cool! Have you been to the museum in Cranbrook, BC with the large railway collection?

https://www.cranbrookhistorycentre.com/exhibit/railcar_collection/

I had not heard of it! I see they are eager to provide some sort of shelter for the rolling stock to protect them from the ravages.

geomorph · #**864** Posted **May 3, 2026, 2:48 AM**

Railway Display: California State Railroad Museum
Location: Sacramento, California

Railway Display: The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Location: Dearborn, Michigan

Railway Display: National World War 2 Museum
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Railway Display: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Location: Washington, DC

Railway Display: Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Location: Chicago, Illinois

Railway Display: Heinz History Center
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Railway Display: Museum of North Vancouver
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia

Railway Display: HistoryMiami Museum
Location: Miami, Florida

Railway Display: San Diego Model Railroad Museum
Location: San Diego, California

Railway Display: Washington State History Museum
Location: Tacoma, Washington

All photos taken by geomorph in 2006-2025.

meh · #**865** Posted **May 3, 2026, 6:28 PM**

geomorph, have you visited the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis?

https://tnmot.org/

https://www.allaroundstl.com/reviews/places/national-museum-of-transportation-/

No grand buildings but TONS of awesome old machines on display (especially of the locomotive variety).

https://whichmuseum.com/museum/national-museum-of-transportation-des-peres-14910

https://www.facebook.com/groups/21550063750/posts/10160308503568751/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheRockIsland/posts/6440985976030731/

https://www.allaroundstl.com/reviews/places/national-museum-of-transportation-/

Alpha · #**866** Posted **May 4, 2026, 11:57 AM**

A radio museum with own broadcasting transmitter exists in Cham, Bavaria, Germany in a former telephone exchange.

geomorph · #**867** Posted **May 15, 2026, 11:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by meh

geomorph, have you visited the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis?

No I have not visited but it looks interesting!

geomorph · #**868** Posted **Jun 1, 2026, 6:17 AM**

Museum: Jurassic Park Discovery Center in Islands of Adventure theme park
Location: Orlando, Florida
Architect: ?
Completed: 1999

This one is a simulated museum featuring some partially fantasy-based science!

All photos taken by geomorph in 2011.

geomorph · #**869** Posted **Jun 4, 2026, 6:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Alpha

A radio museum with own broadcasting transmitter exists in Cham, Bavaria, Germany in a former telephone exchange.

I have never been to a radio-specific museum, but there is one in my state in Northern California called the California Historical Radio Society in Alameda in a former residential building.

whatnext · #**870** Posted **Jun 10, 2026, 10:59 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alpha

A radio museum with own broadcasting transmitter exists in Cham, Bavaria, Germany in a former telephone exchange.

On my must-see list of Bavarian museums is the Europäisches Spargelmuseum (European Asparagus Museum)!

https://museen-in-bayern.de/en/museums/museum-details/europaeisches-spargelmuseum

geomorph · #**871** Posted **Jun 19, 2026, 1:08 PM**

Museum: Lucy - A Tribute at Universal Studios Florida theme park
Location: Orlando, Florida
Architect: ?
Completed: 1992 (closed 2015)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2011.

geomorph · #**872** Posted **Jul 5, 2026, 4:49 AM**

Museum: Walt Disney: One Man's Dream located in Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park
Location: Bay Lake, Florida
Architect: ?
Completed: 2001 (renamed to Walt Disney Presents at some point)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2010.

geomorph · #**873** Posted **Jul 11, 2026, 4:03 AM**

Museum: Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Location: New York, New York
Architect: Boring & Tilton (main building)
Completed: 1900 (as immigration station until 1954), 1990 (as museum)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2007.

geomorph · #**874** Posted **Jul 11, 2026, 4:16 AM**

Museum: Federal Hall National Memorial
Location: New York, New York
Architect: Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis, with Samuel Thomson
Completed: 1842 (as customs house), 1862 (as sub-treasury), 1940 (as memorial)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2007.

geomorph · #**875** Posted **Jul 11, 2026, 4:29 AM**

Museum: Musee du Fort
Location: Quebec City, Quebec
Architect: ? (original building), Edward Maxwell (renovation)
Completed: Circa 1810 (original building), 1898 (renovation), 1964 (as museum in historic building)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2008.

geomorph · #**876** Posted **Jul 11, 2026, 4:40 AM**

Museum: Port Discovery Children's Museum
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Architect: Simonson & Pietsch (original Wholesale Fish Market)
Completed: 1906 (as Wholesale Fish Market), 1998 (as museum)

Photo taken by geomorph in 2008.

geomorph · #**877** Posted **Jul 15, 2026, 7:27 PM**

Museum: Colorado State Museum (closed in 1977, converted to offices)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Architect: Frank E. Edbrooke
Completed: 1915

Photo taken by geomorph in 2009.

geomorph · #**878** Posted **Jul 15, 2026, 7:37 PM**

Museum: Military Women's Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Architect: McKim, Mead, and White (original retaining wall/facade), Weiss/Manfredi (modern building housing memorial)
Completed: 1932 (as facade retaining wall), 1997 (as building housing memorial)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2008.

geomorph · #**879** Posted **Jul 15, 2026, 8:12 PM**

Museum: Exhibit Hall at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Architect: Howard Lovewell Cheney as the architect of record, Charles M. Goodman as supervising architect
Completed: 1941 (Terminal A), 1998 (Exhibit Hall within Terminal A)

All photos taken by geomorph in 2008.

geomorph · #**880** Posted **Jul 19, 2026, 3:09 AM**

Outdoor Sculpture Area: Citygarden
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

All photos taken by geomorph in 2009.