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Altoona PA Museums
Altoona PA Museums
Below is a list of Altoona PA Museums. Find detailed information on the Museum entries by clicking on their links.
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Featured Pennsylvania Tourist Attractions and Activities
Please visit our Pennsylvania featured listings - Larry the Cable Guy at Bryce Jordan Center, Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Giant Center, Darius Rucker at State Theatre- PA, Dane Cook at Giant Center, Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Benedum Center, Nutcracker at Warner Theatre - PA, Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field and Hairspray at Scranton Cultural Center.
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Railroaders Memorial Museum
Interpretative museum documenting the Pennsylvania Railroad
Category: Altoona Museum in Pennsylvania
Description of this Altoona Attraction: In its 25th year (1980-2005), the Railroaders Memorial Museum proudly interprets, documents and celebrates 150 years of railroading heritage in Altoona, PA. In 1854 when the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) constructed and opened the Horseshoe Curve, the Allegheny Mountains were overcome and quick westward travel became available. In the valley below, the city of Altoona began to become the center of PPR operations and quickly the Railroad City became a place to do business, experience culture, shop and recreate. The Railroaders Memorial Museum offers visitors the opportunity to learn about, relive, and relish in the magnitude of the PRR's early railroad operations, and then it follows through by documenting the railroading companies that followed- the Penn Central, Conrail and Norfolk Southern. Housed in the PRR Master Mechanics Building that was built in 1883, the Museum offers a 6-acre site that is filled with indoor and outdoor intrepretation, rolling stock- including Charles Schwab's personal car the Loretto, an outdoor stage, and the Norfolk Southern active mainline at the rear for train watching. The Museum theatre offers original features throughout the day, and other vinettes are shown throughout the Museum as part of the exhibitry. For kids, the Museum offers the Thomas the Tank Engine Play Room, a full size area that has all the Thomas set-ups for kids to play with on their own. The Railroaders Memorial Museum has something of interest for the history buff, the railroad lover, the group of school students and the family.
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The William E. Swigart Jr. Automobile Museum
The oldest automobile museum in America
Category: Huntingdon Museum near Altoona, Pennsylvania
Description of this Altoona area Attraction: Nearly a century of automotive history is in store for those who come to Huntingdon, Pa. The Swigart Museum is the oldest automobile museum in America having been established in 1920 by the late W. Emmert Swigart.
The selection of one-and two- cylinder cars in the Swigart Museum is probably the most diverse in the United States. Included among the exhibits are several of the most popular autos at the turn of the century. Although the collection is distinguished in its presentation of the automobile during its formative years, it also features examples of outstanding vehicles from the classic era. Famous marques represented in the collection include: Pierce-Arrow, Packard, Marmon, Duesenberg, Cord, as well as several others.
The collection features many rare, and in many cases, one-of-a-kind vehicles. Each car has a history that deserves taking time for recounting. Each car is a work of art that bears testimony to a nearly-forgotten era when motor carriages were built by craftsmen.
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