Event – Warner Transportation Museum

The 38th Annual Sakura Festival

March 4, 2024

The 38th Annual Sakura Festival will be at the Warner Transportation Museum on Saturday, March 23rd from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. The Annual Sakura Haiku contest is open to entries online, here! The last day to enter is March 15th. Winners of the Haiku Contest will be announced at the festival and certificates will be mailed out at a later date. The theme of this year’s Sakura Festival is “Uketsugu” or “Preserve.” The spring celebration of Sakura, or cherry blossoms, reminds […]

Holly Jolly Holiday Party

November 13, 2023

The Warner Transportation Museum is getting ready for the holiday season! Join us for the Holly Jolly Holiday Party Monday, December 18, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. This free event is fun and family friendly. Enjoy visits with Father Christmas, live music by members of the Northridge High School band, a hybrid car display courtesy of Townsend Honda and Townsend Nissan, make a keepsake ornament, and enjoy lunch with La Mexicana food truck. Celebrate the holiday season with the […]

Free Presentation: “After Promontory: Photos, Myths, & Railroads in the American West”

June 9, 2023

black and white photo of a Sante Fe train

Join us at the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum on June 22 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm for a FREE presentation! Led by Scott Lothes, Director of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, and Dr. Alexander Craghead of UC Berkley, this presentation will be titled “After Promontory: Photos, Myths, & Railroads in the American West”! Light refreshments will be served. Use our online form to register for this event.

UA Museums Presents: All-Day Holiday

December 1, 2022

Celebrate the Holidays with The University of Alabama Museums on December 20, 2022!

Halloween at the Transportation Museum

October 1, 2022

Visitors are encouraged to come to the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum in their costumes on Saturday. October 29 from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm and see the costumes from the year 1905 on display in the new Threaded Through History exhibit!

Get on Board Day (Fall 2022)

August 1, 2022

Join us on The University of Alabama’s Quad on Tuesday, August 30 from 4:45 pm – 9:30 pm for Fall Get On Board Day, UA’s signature involvement fair. Come out to meet UA student organizations and departments, including The University of Alabama Museums!

Museum Selfie Day 2022

January 18, 2022

Museum Selfie Day is on January 19, 2022! Started by London blogger Mar Dixon, the Museum Selfie Day trend has gone worldwide and spawned a plethora of creative posts on social media ever since.

Giving Tuesday 2021 (November 30)

November 29, 2021

GivingTuesday reimagines a world built upon shared humanity and generosity. Whether it’s making someone smile, helping a neighbor or stranger out, showing up for an issue or people we care about, or giving some of what we have to those who need our help, every act of generosity counts, and everyone has something to give. Please consider giving to The University of Alabama Museums! WHY TO SUPPORT UA MUSEUMS The generous support and continued involvement of our friends allow us […]

‘This is living history’: UA highlights Muscogee artist Mary Smith

November 29, 2021

The Crimson White wrote an article about the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum‘s current exhibit about Native American artist, Mary Smith!

Weave with Mary: Meet the Artist (November 6)

October 25, 2021

Muscogee (Creek) artist, Mary Smith, will be at the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum on Saturday, November 6, 2021, from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. Smith is the featured artist behind the new temporary exhibit, Weaving Muscogee Creek Culture: The Artistry of Mary Smith.