New York Transit Museum *GIVEAWAY Below!* All aboard! Have you visited one of NYC’s most unique museums? Located in a decommissioned subway station, The New York Transit Museum is a NYC gem. Walk down the subway entrance and through the turnstile to find exhibits that highlight the city’s transit system history, including commuter rails, buses, and subways. The star of the museum is the twenty different vintage subway cars dating back to 1907. The cars span an entire block (and YES, you can step

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Incoming! The #NYTransitMuseum has welcomed two R-10s and one R-16 car, escorted by an R-11, at our Downtown Brooklyn location. R-10 cars entered revenue service on the A line in 1948 and were officially retired by 1989. The two R-10s now on display at the museum represent two different periods of history through their different paint schemes: one its original grey color with an orange stripe, and the other in its 1964 World’s Fair blue-and-white livery. R-16 cars entered service on the BMT #15

Is Foxy Grandpa part of #NYCsubway history? Help us solve a mystery! Our archivists want to know if you have any information about this Pulver Kola-Pepsin vending machine. The donor's family swears it appeared in on #NYC transit, but we haven't found any evidence... yet. Maybe you have some old photos of the subway where you can see it? If so, please email collections@nytransitmuseum.org. Each month, "What's New in the Archive” keeps you on the forefront of the Museum's acquisitions. #DidYouKnow

The New York Transit Museum Holiday 🎄 Nostalgia Train Hits the Rails Every Sunday in December! The train departs from 2 Av–Houston St on the uptown F line in lower Manhattan at 10AM, 12PM, 2PM and 4PM And from 96 St– 2 Av on the Q line at 11AM, 1PM, 3PM and 5PM More info: @nytransitmuseum #NYTransitMuseum #NYCSubway #NYC #NewYorkCity | NYC Subway Life

#OpenCall: The New York Transit Museum is now accepting creative proposals for 2017 #PLATFORM programs, due by 5pm on Tuesday, July 18th. PLATFORM provides creative people of all stripes the opportunity to take over the #NYTransitMuseum for one night only - performing musicals in buses, installing sculptures in #subway cars, dancing on our platform, presenting their research in our galleries, yarn-bombing vintage turnstiles, and so much more. We welcome submissions from all disciplines - #histor