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Virginia Museum of Transportation invites public comment on facilities and exhibits
(Roanoke, VA)—To improve its exhibits and programs, the Virginia Museum of Transportation seeks public input at these upcoming sessions:
- February 16: special session for members, donors, and volunteers
- February 18: focus on the role of the railroads in Virginia’s history and in its cultural and economic development
- February 23: focus on non-rail modes of transportation
- March 2: focus on the Museum’s contribution to the community, including tourism and education
Each session will be held in the Museum’s Conference Room, 7-9pm. RSVP: info@vmt.org. Those unable to attend are encouraged to complete a brief survey.
In 2008, Wick Moorman, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Norfolk Southern Corporation, offered the Virginia Museum of Transportation a $1 million Challenge Match toward improved infrastructure and the development of new exhibits. In response, the Museum has undertaken a two-year planning process and welcomes the public’s comments and suggestions.
The Museum’s lead project consultant for this planning process is William L. Withuhn, Curator in the Division of Work and Industry at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. He is widely considered the nation’s leading transportation exhibits producer and is familiar with the Museum, its strengths, weaknesses, audiences, and great potential.
“The Virginia Museum of Transportation has a wonderful opportunity ahead of it to do a better job of sharing the wonderful stories of Virginia’s transportation heritage with current and future generations,” said executive director Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr. “We are extremely grateful both to Norfolk Southern and to the public for the contribution of ideas and for the financial support necessary to bring the best of these ideas to fruition.”