sell subway tokens,
push turnstiles,
explore vintage subway cars,
and drive city buses.
Fun, huh?
Today we visited the Transit Museum, which is housed in a decommissioned, but still working, subway station in Brooklyn Heights. (And, lucky for us, today happened to be Museum Day, so we got in for free.) The museum highlights the history of public transportation in New York City and boasts an impressive collection of subway cars (which featured some awesome period advertisements), buses, trolleys, turnstiles, and fare tokens, all of which date back to the early days of mass transit at the turn of the 20th century. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, but Garrett was especially in his element. Not only did the exhibits feature trains, buses, and other things that go, which my little boy already has a special place in his heart for, but they were completely hands on. To look at him run from display to display, you couldn't help but get the feeling that, no matter how old the items were, Garrett felt right at home.
He's such a city boy.
8 comments:
Sounds like fun. We are definitely appreciative of public transportation here where we are. Garrett would be in heaven with the train stations here.
What a fun adventure! I loved all your pictures and wanted to thank you for your supportive comments on my own blog. Seeing Garrett so excited with transportation modes makes me think that with our own son in the future it may not be so bad to get stuck waiting for a train to pass or travel behind slow construction vehicles and such as they could provide high quality entertainment!
Love that bus photo!!! When did he get his license? Too cute!
Looks fun!
Hands on is my kind of museum. And free even more so!
gotta love Museum Day. Love the pics!
Garrett looks like he's having the time of his life! How cute and fun for him and you guys!
how fun!
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