|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![American History Museum Transportation Collections](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/images/100_60_tech-transport.jpg) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Americans have always been a people on the moveon rails,
roads, and waterways. Collections include road, rail, and maritime
objects |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Journey though the history of the United States to learn
how transportation changed American lives and landscapes |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
America
by Air
The development of commercial air transport is examined
in this new gallery |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
The history of corporate aircraft |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
The progress in aviation between World War I and World
War II |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/images/kid_icon.gif)
Facts and activities on flight |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Focuses on the development of jet aviation and related
technology |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Automobiles
& Road Transportation |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Reading list |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/images/kid_icon.gif)
Fact sheet for children on early cars |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Scale carriage drawings |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
The history of the Studebaker, from 1852 through 1964,
covers important milestones and illustrations |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Reading list |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Reading listt |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Research resources |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Its design epitomized new automotive trends in the immediate
postwar years |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Boats
& Marine Transportation |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
History and operation of nuclear-powered submarines and
the lives of submariners |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Online version of an exhibition on the history of the
building of the Panama Canal |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/images/kid_icon.gif)
General information. See also "When
that Great Ship Went Down", a Folkways Recording |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
The Smithsonian's collection of watercraft plans is a
valuable resource for the maritime historian, the student
of naval architecture, other scholars, the model builder,
and craftspeople |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
The early history of mail service from pre-Revolutionary
America through the end of the 19th century |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Vehicles used to carry the mail, including airplanes,
trucks, trains and stagecoaches |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
The Titanic was more than the largest and most
luxurious vessel of her time. She was also an R.M.S.,
a Royal Mail Ship. |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Includes an online Lighthouse Postcard Collection |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most significant
recent advance in navigation technology |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
In a museum version of musical chairs--except that the
"chairs" are historic steam locomotives weighing
up to 25 tons each--the Smithsonian Institution relocated
three of its most important artifacts |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
The steam locomotive "John Bull" ran for 35
years, pulling trains of passengers and cargo between
the two largest cities of the time, Philadelphia and
New York
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
Vehicles used to carry the mail, including airplanes,
trucks, trains and stagecoaches |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/img_arrowlgt.gif) |
American
History Museum
History of science, technology, society and culture in America |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/img_arrowlgt.gif) |
Air
and Space Museum
History, science, and technology of aviation and space flight |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/img_arrowlgt.gif) |
Postal
Museum
Interactive museum of postal history and philately |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/img_arrowlgt.gif) |
Air
and Space Museum Archives
Acquires and preserves documentary materials of air and space flight |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/img_arrowlgt.gif) |
Air
and Space Museum Library
Collection covers aeronautics, the history of aviation and space flight,
astronomy, and Earth and planetary sciences |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/img_arrowlgt.gif) |
Garber
Restoration Facility
Preserves, stores and restores aircraft, spacecraft, and other artifacts
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/img_arrowlgt.gif) |
Information
Technology & Society Division
Dedicates its collections and scholarship to information technologies
and their role in American history |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/img_arrowlgt.gif) |
Udvar-Hazy
Center
Displays and preserves historic aviation and space artifacts |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/img_arrowlgt.gif) |
Smithsonian
Journeys Travel tours featuring trains |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/img_arrowlgt.gif) |
Air
and Space Magazine
Scholarly magazine devoted to flight |
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807171116im_/http://si.edu/images/t.gif) |
|