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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}}</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=Gun Truck naming page
|accessdate=2011-10-05}}</ref>), an exhibit depicting a downed [[Bell_UHBell UH-1_Iroquois1 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
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{{United States Army history museums}}
 
[[Category:United States Army museums|Transportation]]
[[Category:Maritime museums in Virginia]]