U.S. Army Transportation Museum: Difference between revisions

The museum was established in 1959, in a warehouse<ref name="atmf">{{cite web |url= http://www.eustis.army.mil/museumf/index.html |work= Fort Eustis site |title= Museum Foundation page |accessdate= 2008-03-05 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> using items initially collected for a recruiting exhibit, and got a main building in 1976. An open-air pavilion for [[military aviation|aviation]] exhibits opened in 1987.<ref name="mus_main">{{cite web |url= http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/Museum/museum.html |work= U. S. Army Transportation Museum site |title= main page |accessdate= 2008-03-05}}</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.▼