The Route 66 Transportation Museum in Elk City, Okla., will have its grand opening Aug. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m.
It’s reportedly going to be a casual event, and Borden’s ice cream will be served. The Transportation Museum is next-door to the town’s National Route 66 Museum.
Kathy Anderson, former president of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association, reports:
They’ve now made the Transportation Museum the official entry point for the two 66 museums. They moved the gift shop to the new building so this puts the shopping right at the entrance, as well as making it easy to usher people into the new theater that shows the video (“The American Dream and the American Drive”) Thomas Repp and I co-produced for the Museum.
I haven’t been to the new part of the museum yet. But it opened May 1, and apparently was a big hit with kids, reports the city’s Web site:
The students filled the museum with sounds of laughter while “driving” a 1955 Pink Cadillac down Route 66 or sitting in the back seat of a 1959 Red Impala watching the “Creature from the Black Lagoon” in a Drive-In Theatre. Everyone has enjoyed hopping on the 1917 RIO Fire Truck, the first motor driven truck in Elk City, and sliding down the fire pole. In addition, there is a chance to climb in a 1930s Teardrop trailer and take a nap on a thin mattress and check out the cooking facilities!
The major attraction with the Transportation Museum is that it is filled with interactve things for kids of all ages! Children love the HANDS-ON participation.
For a panoramic view of the museum grounds, click here.