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{{Infobox Museummuseum
|name = U.S. Army Transportation Museum
|image = Skycrane001.jpg
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|type = Military Museum
|visitors = 50,000
|director = DavidAlisha HanselmanHamel
|curator =
|publictransit =
|website = {{official website|https://transportation.army.mil/museum/}}
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==History==
|accessdate=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 |accessdateaccess-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 |deadurl-url= yes |dfstatus= 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
▲|accessdate= 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 |accessdate= 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 |dead-url= yes |df= }}</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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|work = U. S. Army Transportation Museum site
|title = Frank Besson page
|accessdateaccess-date = 2011-10-05
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111104175810/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/Museum/Transportation%20Museum/generalbesson.htm
|archive-date = 2011-11-04
|dead-url-status = yesdead
|df =
}}</ref> and extends over {{convert|6|acre|ha}} of land, air and sea vehicles and indoor exhibits. The exhibits cover transportation and its role in US Army operations, including topic areas from the [[American Revolutionary War]] through operations in [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]].<ref name="mus_main"/>
 
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[[Image:40and8s style boxcar.JPG|thumb|[[Forty-and-eights]] style boxcar in the Army Transportation Museum.]]
 
The museum features a {{convert|50000|sqft|m2|singadj=on}} main building and four outdoor parks.<ref name="Virginia Tourism">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=43029|work=Official Tourism Website of the Commonwealth of Virginia|title=Virginia Tourism U.S. Army Transportation Museum|accessdateaccess-date=2008-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314233107/http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=43029|archive-date=2008-03-14|deadurl-url=yes|dfstatus=dead}}</ref> The exhibits inside the museum building include representative transportation-related materials, presented in a series of dioramas in chronological order. Outside (see map, below) there is a vehicle yard to the south, with road vehicles, amphibious craft, and the aircraft pavilion, and a rail exhibit to the north. Although material is presented on 18th- and 19th-century topics, over half the indoor exhibit space and almost all of the outdoor exhibits are 20th-century- related.
 
Early truck developments are given coverage with the [[Mexican Punitive Expedition]], [[Liberty truck]], and Transcontinental Motor Convoy exhibits. The extensive Liberty Truck exhibit covers the development and production of the Army's first standardized truck design, a 5-ton cargo hauler produced using interchangeable parts.<ref name="liberty">{{cite web
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|work = U. S. Army Transportation Museum site
|title = Liberty Truck page
|accessdateaccess-date = 2011-10-05
|deadurlurl-status = yesdead
|archiveurlarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330114853/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/LibTrucks.htm
|archivedatearchive-date = 2012-03-30
|df =
}}</ref> Also included are letters from soldiers about their experiences with the trucks.
 
[[World War II]] receives coverage with several exhibits including [[Mulberry harbour|Operation Mulberry]] which was an operation to construct two artificial harbors on the Normandy coast to support the [[invasion of Normandy|invasion]]. This operation used 158 tugboats including 74 of the Army's "small tugs" to tow 59 [[Gooseberry]] derelict ships to be sunk as breakwalls and the [[Phoenix breakwaters|Phoenix]] [[ciassoncaisson (engineering)|caisson]]s and Lobnitz floating piers.<ref name="mulberry">{{cite web
|url = http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/mulberry.htm
|work = U. S. Army Transportation Museum site
|title = Operation Mulberry page
|accessdateaccess-date = 2011-10-05
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330114911/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/mulberry.htm
|archive-date = 2012-03-30
|dead-url-status = yesdead
|df =
}}</ref> Another exhibit focuses on the [[Red Ball Express]], the massive supply operation that supported [[George S. Patton|Patton]]'s advance after [[D-Day]]. The exhibit includes photos and paintings of the trucks as well as a diorama of a rest stop/repair depot featuring cargo trucks and a wrecker. Additional materials address the massive fuel and oil consumption needs as well as soldier experiences.<ref name="redball">{{cite web
|url = http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/redballintro.htm
|work = U. S. Army Transportation Museum site
|title = Red Ball express page
|accessdateaccess-date = 2011-10-05
|deadurlurl-status = yesdead
|archiveurlarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330114903/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/redballintro.htm
|archivedatearchive-date = 2012-03-30
|df =
}}</ref>
 
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|work = U. S. Army Transportation Museum site
|title = Gun Truck page
|accessdateaccess-date = 2011-10-05
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120318223301/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/harden.htm
|archive-date = 2012-03-18
|dead-url-status = yesdead
|df =
}}</ref> and named after a [[Eve of Destruction (song)|protest song]]<ref name="eve_name">{{cite web
|url = http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/name.htm
|work = U. S. Army Transportation Museum site
|title = Gun Truck naming page
|accessdateaccess-date = 2011-10-05
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120319214622/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/name.htm
|archive-date = 2012-03-19
|dead-url-status = yesdead
|df =
}}</ref>), an exhibit depicting a downed [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1 Iroquois]] in a rice paddy, as well as bicycles used by the [[Viet Cong]].<ref name="vc_bike">{{cite web
|url = http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/vc-bike.htm
|work = U. S. Army Transportation Museum site
|title = Viet Cong Bicycle page
|accessdateaccess-date = 2011-10-05
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330114848/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/vc-bike.htm
|archive-date = 2012-03-30
|dead-url-status = yesdead
|df =
}}</ref> The museum has an extensive collection of gun truck images, organised by the truck name, which are also on the museum's web site.<ref name="gt_name">{{cite web
|url = http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/name.htm
|work = U. S. Army Transportation Museum site
|title = Gun Truck name page
|accessdateaccess-date = 2011-10-05
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120319214622/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/name.htm
|archive-date = 2012-03-19
|dead-url-status = yesdead
|df =
}}</ref>
 
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|work=Findarticles.com
|title=Exhibit overview
|accessdateaccess-date=2008-03-05
| year=2003}}</ref>
 
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|work = U. S. Army Transportation Museum site
|title = Berlin Duty Train page
|accessdateaccess-date = 2011-10-05
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330114814/http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/bertrain.htm
|archive-date = 2012-03-30
|dead-url-status = yesdead
|df =
}}</ref> as well as standard issue tank switchers, and a collection of typical rolling stock including cranes, freight cars and maintenance of way equipment.
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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 |accessdateaccess-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 |deadurl-url= yes |dfstatus= 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, SundayMonday-SundaySaturday.
 
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