Don’t Miss the New York Transit Museum 100th Birthday Celebration with a Party on Wheels happening Saturday, June 20, 2015.
It’s a party for the entire family where visitors can ride historic trains, pose for vintage family photos, meet train conductors from the past, work on a craft project with friends, hear live music by City Stomp, and sing Happy Birthday to the BMT while enjoying bagels and birthday cake for breakfast!
During the event, conductors from the past in vintage cars on the Museum’s old Court Street station platform will bring transit history to life, interacting with young straphangers and sharing fun facts about the subways. Willie Maeby, a conductor from the 1920s, will show us around his favorite subway car, the BRT standard, recapturing the magic of subway travels long ago with his tales of the train. Industrious kids can create their own subway mosaics with glass tiles in a craft project called “Miles of Tiles,” or work on an enormous birthday card to the BMT.
While all this is going on, a photographer with props will take one-of-a-kind family portraits in a wooden Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad car dating back to the turn of the 20th century!
Breakfast will be available in the Museum lunchroom throughout the event and City Stomp will get straphangers dancing and swingin’ with live music. The party will conclude with a singing of “Happy Birthday” to the BMT and chocolate cake for all! At 11 am, the Museum opens up to the general public, but guests are welcome to stay longer to explore on their own.
All proceeds from this family fundraiser will benefit Transit Museum education programming. Make your reservations early – last year’s event sold out!
New York Transit Museum 100th Birthday Celebration
When: Saturday, June 20, 9 – 11 am.
Where: New York Transit Museu
Corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Downtown Brooklyn
Tickets: Individual: $65 adults, $40 kids, babies under 2 free
Family pack: $175 for 4 tickets
VIP pack: $250 for 6 tickets
VIP II pack: $500 for 8 tickets
(VIPs receive a special goody bag to take home)
Call 718-694-4952 for more information or purchase tickets directly at: www.bit.ly/PartyonWheels
Disclosure: NYC Single Mom was not compensated for this post.
