National Museum of Transportation

Visited on 6.14.2025. Fantastic museum that chronicles the history of Transportation. The vintage car and train engine collections are awesome. There is an enormous amount of steam locomotives, diesel engines and classic Pullman passanger cars. Many of the exhibits are hands on and the museum is very interactive. This is definitely a great place to bring young kids. Highly Recommend to anyone traveling through the St. Louis area.

Truly had an awesome experience! Charles, one of the guides, gave us a walk through of several trains, and answered my son's 8000 questions. He was so kind and helped bring the history to life! There was so much cool stuff to see (especially the trains!!) It was so cool to see a Big Boy up close! There was really great information that was interesting for all ages! Everyone we encountered was so helpful, it was such a cool experience and we will absolutely be back next time we are in St Louis!

Very cool and interesting museum. My 6 year old son loved being able to go inside trains and go on a train ride. We went when it was 95 degrees outside and there was a heat advisory. But it was still very cool and there’s stuff inside and outside so u can rest in air conditioning if u need to.

I love the TNMOT! Every time I go I spend hours walking the grounds. Its fascinating to see the incredible variety they have on display. I admire them for the hard work they put into their renovation projects.

Very interesting place. I highly recommend going if you're a local or even visiting Saint Louis. It's almost like a theme park, but only with trains, some plane exhibits and tons of cars. They have tour guides to help you, but also information cards that tell you what you're looking at and the history behind it. Everything is it's original state. So, how it was donated or delivered, it isn't restored. They host many events throughout the year, so monitor their website just in case.

This was an awesome museum and it was unique because much of it is outside. They have old and unique automobiles and such to look at, but where they really specialize is in trains. There are so many different train cars and engines to look at. It's almost overwhelming. It's been a while since I was here, but last time I was, they had a free trolley ride you could take. I definitely recommend this museum for pretty much anyone, even if you don't have a particular love for transportation.

Planes, trains and automobiles. Great way to spend several hours. Bring your walking shoes his place is huge. Nice walking parts from building to building. They have a few airplanes and a decent car collection but the star of the show is all the trains and train cars. The gentleman at the train yard was extremely knowledgeable about all the trains. He gave us a tour of the old train cars which was very cool. They have restrooms all throughout. They were all clean and well maintained. Highly recommend coming here if you're in the area.

Quite the collection of train engines and train cars outdoors, and interesting displays and automobiles inside. Good, descriptive signs with each display. I thought we would get bored, but we spent 4 hours there, on a VERY hot day with no crowds.