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|type = Military Museum
|visitors = 50,000
|director = DavidAlisha HanselmanHamel
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|website = {{official website|https://transportation.army.mil/museum/}}
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==History==
|access-date=The 2011-10-05museum }}</ref>was established in 1959, in a warehouse using items initially collected for a recruiting exhibit. A main building opened in 1976, and in 1987, an open-air pavilion aswas opened for [[military aviation|aviation]] exhibits.<ref name="mus_main">{{cite web |url= http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/museum.htm |work= U. S. Army Transportation Museum site |title= main page |access-date= 2010-05-05 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101113192029/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/Museum/Transportation%20Museum/museum.htm |archive-date= 2010-11-13 |url-status= dead }}</ref> The buildings, built at a total cost of US$765,000, and other capital improvements are funded by the [https://www.atmfoundation.org/ Army Transportation Museum Foundation] (ATMF).<ref name="atmf"/> Since the foundation is prohibited by law from obtaining state or federal grants, private donations are the only funding source.▼
The museum was established in 1959, in a warehouse using items initially collected for a recruiting exhibit.<ref name="atmf">{{cite web
|url=http://ww2.atmfoundation.org/about-us.html|work= Fort Eustis site |title= Museum Foundation page
▲|access-date= 2011-10-05 }}</ref> A main building opened in 1976, and in 1987, an open-air pavilion as opened for [[military aviation|aviation]] exhibits.<ref name="mus_main">{{cite web |url= http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/museum.htm |work= U. S. Army Transportation Museum site |title= main page |access-date= 2010-05-05 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101113192029/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/Museum/Transportation%20Museum/museum.htm |archive-date= 2010-11-13 |url-status= dead }}</ref> The buildings, built at a total cost of US$765,000, and other capital improvements are funded by the Army Transportation Museum Foundation (ATMF).<ref name="atmf"/> Since the foundation is prohibited by law from obtaining state or federal grants, private donations are the only funding source.
 
==Museum mission==
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'''T''' - Train/Railway exhibits]]
 
Since the museum is on an active military installation, a check-in at the guard station, a possible vehicle search, and a visitor's pass are required (driver's license, car insurance and car registration, citizens of other nations need their passport).<ref name="visit">{{cite web |url= http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/visit.htm |work= U.S. Army Transportation Museum site |title= visitor info page |access-date= 2011-10-05 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120330114826/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/visit.htm |archive-date= 2012-03-30 |url-status= dead }}</ref> The museum has a gift shop, and a reference library where research may be undertaken with advance request. <br />
The museum's hours of operation are 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday-Saturday.
 
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