Duluth Museum Depot

The Duluth folks have made very good use of their former railroad depot by including many venues to enjoy. They have a railroad museum that is one of the top ten in the country, veterans exhibits, concert halls, theaters, Indian lore and a history museum that covers the development of the area thru immigration.

This is a fabulous destination and well worth the time when in Duluth.

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The veterans museum included all of the services and had a great display for the submariners.

One of the first views you see when entering the railroad museum. 

The railroad museum is set in a turn of the century town with all the displays correct for the period

Exhibits are both indoors and out and include trolleys

Link and pin couplers were shown - it is easy to see why these were outlawed - I'd not want to be between the cars inserting pins during switch moves

A large model railroad was enclosed in a display just inside the entrance

Great Lakes light houses were included

Ore docks were modeled

Railroads for the wee ones were available

Well done signage explained the operation of various railroad equipment

A seldom seen bit of railroad history is the graphics used on rail cars. Their exhibit of this part of railroads was well done

Inside of a railway post office

This history of fine dining aboard railroads was well documented. 

Each railroad has china made up for their passenger service - examples of most were on display

This bicycle which travelled overseas several times was part of an exhibit about the growth of the area due to the immigration of labor from Europe and how that was orchestrated. This was a part of my American history that was not well understood.

The following panels explain how this came about and what the demands were leading to the mass immagration.