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Undergraduate Matt Culver Creates WWI Exhibit at Warner Transportation Museum

Undergraduate Matt Culver collaborated with a group of students working on two World War I exhibits on campus in remembrance of the war’s centennial. Titled “Lafayette, We Are Here!  America Enters the First World War,” the exhibit, on display at the Transportation Museum August 1 – December 31, 2017, focused specifically on students and Alabamians in the War, “their stories and their sacrifices.” Culver explains that the name for the exhibit came from U.S. propaganda portraying the war as “repaying […]

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Tuscaloosa Transportation Museum waives admission charge; now free for all to tour

“We are very excited to open the doors of the Transportation Museum to all of our residents and visitors to enjoy and be able to learn about Tuscaloosa’s rich history,” said Mayor Walter Maddox. According to a city release, The Transportation Museum wants to follow the example set by major museums in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dallas and Minneapolis, all of whom have stopped charging admission to increase community participation and attract wider audiences. The museum’s mission is to serve as a […]

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Transportation Museum opens its doors

An audience of financial, aesthetic and political supporters applauded the opening of the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum on Tuesday morning, the culmination of planning and renovations that took about seven years. The museum, featuring artifacts, replications, photographs and iPad displays of the area’s history as reflected through rivers, roads, rails and other forms of transport, was built in the old Queen City Pool Bathhouse on River Road. The bathhouse and pool were added to the National Register of Historic […]

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