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Machinery museum recommendations ??
Hi All My Dad and I are planning a " Museum Tour " of the eastern US and are looking for recommendations for good Metalworking and Machinery museums--We plan to make a giant loop starting in Minneapolis then on to Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and DC-- We are looking for more cities for our list-- Our list consists of: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Ford ( Greenfield) Museum in Dearborn USAF museum in Dayton, Oh Machinery museum in Cincinnati ( ?? ) Smithsonian in DC ( Of course ! !) Does anyone have any other recommendations?? We consider anything in the Minnesota-Maine-Florida triangle as fair game-- All recommendations are greatly appreciated--You can send suggestions to my " spam-collector" email address listed below if you prefer not to post in the group--I will post our final list as a service to others that might be interested in a trip like this----- Many thanks to all responders--- Ray Johnson |
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... Hi All My Dad and I are planning a " Museum Tour " of the eastern US and are looking for recommendations for good Metalworking and Machinery museums--We plan to make a giant loop starting in Minneapolis then on to Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and DC-- We are looking for more cities for our list-- Our list consists of: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Ford ( Greenfield) Museum in Dearborn USAF museum in Dayton, Oh Machinery museum in Cincinnati ( ?? ) Smithsonian in DC ( Of course ! !) Does anyone have any other recommendations?? We consider anything in the Minnesota-Maine-Florida triangle as fair game-- All recommendations are greatly appreciated--You can send suggestions to my " spam-collector" email address listed below if you prefer not to post in the group--I will post our final list as a service to others that might be interested in a trip like this----- Many thanks to all responders--- Ray Johnson For metalworking machine tools, see the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont: http://www.americanprecision.org/ -- Ed Huntress (remove "3" from email address for email reply) |
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"Johnsorj" wrote in message ... Hi All My Dad and I are planning a " Museum Tour " of the eastern US and are looking for recommendations for good Metalworking and Machinery museums--We plan to make a giant loop starting in Minneapolis then on to Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and DC-- We are looking for more cities for our list-- Our list consists of: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Ford ( Greenfield) Museum in Dearborn USAF museum in Dayton, Oh Machinery museum in Cincinnati ( ?? ) Smithsonian in DC ( Of course ! !) Does anyone have any other recommendations?? We consider anything in the Minnesota-Maine-Florida triangle as fair game-- All recommendations are greatly appreciated--You can send suggestions to my " spam-collector" email address listed below if you prefer not to post in the group--I will post our final list as a service to others that might be interested in a trip like this----- Many thanks to all responders--- Ray Johnson For metalworking machine tools, see the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont: http://www.americanprecision.org/ Here, close to Boston, are a couple of good ones: ************************************************ Charles River Museum of Industry, in Waltham, MA http://www.crmi.org/index.html They've got big stuff as well as some stuff from the watchmaking industry. The New England Model Engineering Society meets in the museum the first Thursday evening of each month. http://plsntcov.8m.com/nemes.htm Also worth a visit if you are in in Waltham is: The Tool Shed, 471 Main Street, Waltham, MA 02452 (781) 647-7970 Hours: 1 PM to 5 PM, Wednesday thru Saturday. This place is a real wallet evacuator. Owner "Al" regularly has carpenter's and mechanic's tools. Lots of boxes full of all sizes of drills, end mills and taps too. As (mostly) everything there is used, and stuff moves quickly, you NEVER know what you'll find that day. Prices are commonly 50% of new, or less. Stuff that sits gets discounted until it sells. The biggest attraction are "THE TABLES". Anything on "THE TABLES" starts at $6, then next week $5, then $4, and so on until the stuff piled on "THE TABLES" is two for 25 cents (yup, 2 for $0.25!) ************************************************** If you're into early stuff, the Saugus Ironworks Historical site is about a half hour outside of Boston. http://www.ohwy.com/ma/s/sauginhs.htm ************************************************** And, as SWMBO will tell you, there's always my garage! G Have a great trip! Jeff -- Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying." |
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http://www.wva.army.mil/MUSEUM.HTM Watervilet Arsenal Museum. I haven't visited there myself but have been told that it is very interesting. Located near Albany NY http://www.nps.gov/spar/ Springfield Armory Museum Springfield MA Very interesting. http://www.linkny.com/~curtiss/ Glenn Curtis Museum, Hammondsport NY. Terrific small aviation museum Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/ Rhinebeck, New York Near the Hudson River north of NYC One of the niftiest air museums in the world. http://www.ohtm.org/ Owls Head Transportation Museum Owls Head Maine. Highly recommend the American Precision Museum in Windsor VT. While in Windsor also visit Simon Pierce Glass Works north of town. They have a balcony arrangement that allows visitors to watch the activity on the glass blowing floor. Very interesting. http://www.simonpearce.com/about_us/...ops.asp?bhcp=1 If you are passing through northeastern CT during the week fell free to stop in a visit us at school! Most of our lathes belong in museums! Errol Groff Instructor, Machine Tool Department H.H. Ellis Tech 613 Upper Maple Street Danielson, CT 06239 860 774 8511 x1811 http://pages.cthome.net/errol.groff/ http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ On 06 Apr 2004 14:52:30 GMT, (Johnsorj) wrote: Hi All My Dad and I are planning a " Museum Tour " of the eastern US and are looking for recommendations for good Metalworking and Machinery museums--We plan to make a giant loop starting in Minneapolis then on to Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and DC-- We are looking for more cities for our list-- Our list consists of: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Ford ( Greenfield) Museum in Dearborn USAF museum in Dayton, Oh Machinery museum in Cincinnati ( ?? ) Smithsonian in DC ( Of course ! !) Does anyone have any other recommendations?? We consider anything in the Minnesota-Maine-Florida triangle as fair game-- All recommendations are greatly appreciated--You can send suggestions to my " spam-collector" email address listed below if you prefer not to post in the group--I will post our final list as a service to others that might be interested in a trip like this----- Many thanks to all responders--- Ray Johnson |
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The Baltimore Museum of Industry has a small machine shop set up. It is
driven by a overhead line shaft that is connected to a gas, steam and electric motor. Though I have only seen them use the electric motor. They turn it on during the tours and demo some of the machines. If I remember correctly, they have a planer, mill, 2 lathes, and a drill. (they might have more, but not much more) http://www.thebmi.org/ Vince Johnsorj wrote: Hi All My Dad and I are planning a " Museum Tour " of the eastern US and are looking for recommendations for good Metalworking and Machinery museums--We plan to make a giant loop starting in Minneapolis then on to Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and DC-- We are looking for more cities for our list-- Our list consists of: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Ford ( Greenfield) Museum in Dearborn USAF museum in Dayton, Oh Machinery museum in Cincinnati ( ?? ) Smithsonian in DC ( Of course ! !) Does anyone have any other recommendations?? We consider anything in the Minnesota-Maine-Florida triangle as fair game-- All recommendations are greatly appreciated--You can send suggestions to my " spam-collector" email address listed below if you prefer not to post in the group--I will post our final list as a service to others that might be interested in a trip like this----- Many thanks to all responders--- Ray Johnson |
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says... Hi All My Dad and I are planning a " Museum Tour " of the eastern US and are looking for recommendations for good Metalworking and Machinery museums--We plan to make a giant loop starting in Minneapolis then on to Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and DC-- We are looking for more cities for our list-- Taking a wide view of machinery, more or less south to north up the NE coast... Boston Museum of Science Operating steam engine. Don't miss the cutaway (36 cylinder P&W?) aircraft engine. Saugus Ironworks - Saugus MA American Textile History Museum - Lowell MA http://www.athm.org/tools_machinery.htm U.S.S. Albacore Museum - Portsmouth NH Just the sub, but only 5 minutes from Rt 95 and very cool. http://www.portsmouthnh.com/harbourtrail/albacore.html Owls Head Transportation Museum - Owls Head ME Volunteer restoration shop. http://www.ohtm.org/ Maine State Musuem - Augusta ME Lombard log hauler; many reconstructions of old workshops; textile and lumber mill exhibits. (Don't miss the Liberty Tool Co. between Augusta and Belfast. Good tools cheep.) Seal Cove Auto Museum - Amazing private collection of a very rich, very eccentric character. http://www.sealcoveautomuseum.org/directions.html Ned Simmons |
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Experimental Aircraft Association museum in Oshkosh,WI. Awesome.
"Johnsorj" wrote in message ... Hi All My Dad and I are planning a " Museum Tour " of the eastern US and are looking for recommendations for good Metalworking and Machinery museums--We plan to make a giant loop starting in Minneapolis then on to Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and DC-- We are looking for more cities for our list-- Our list consists of: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Ford ( Greenfield) Museum in Dearborn USAF museum in Dayton, Oh Machinery museum in Cincinnati ( ?? ) Smithsonian in DC ( Of course ! !) Does anyone have any other recommendations?? We consider anything in the Minnesota-Maine-Florida triangle as fair game-- All recommendations are greatly appreciated--You can send suggestions to my " spam-collector" email address listed below if you prefer not to post in the group--I will post our final list as a service to others that might be interested in a trip like this----- Many thanks to all responders--- Ray Johnson |
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Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron Ohio. Very interesting. Depending on how old your Dad is and how able to get around it is set up so that you use an elevator to get to the top floor and then ramp down to the first level looking at the exhibits along the way. Kennedy Toolbox factory in Van Zant (I think) Ohio. You might have to beg to get a tour but it would be worth it. The new Air and Space museum near Dulles Airport outside Washington DC. http://newenglandmodelengineeringsoc...ary_2004/2.htm The New England Model Engineering Society pages about my visit to the museum. Fort Sumpter (gorgeous cannons, metalworking content) Charleston S.C Gettysburg, PA Many metal cannons. Visit Little Round Top where Colonel Chamberlain and the 20th Maine held off the Rebels on 2 July.1863 Harley Davidson asembly plant, York PA Super interesting More to come as they pop into my feeble brain. Errol Groff Instructor, Machine Tool Department H.H. Ellis Tech 613 Upper Maple Street Danielson, CT 06239 860 774 8511 x1811 http://pages.cthome.net/errol.groff/ http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ On 06 Apr 2004 14:52:30 GMT, (Johnsorj) wrote: Hi All My Dad and I are planning a " Museum Tour " of the eastern US and are looking for recommendations for good Metalworking and Machinery museums--We plan to make a giant loop starting in Minneapolis then on to Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and DC-- We are looking for more cities for our list-- |
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U.S.S. Yorktown http://www.state.sc.us/patpt/ Mount Pleasant SC John W. Brown Liberty Ship http://www.liberty-ship.com/ Baltimore MD Airstream Trailer Factory Tour http://www.airstream.com/index.html Jackson Center OH I strongly suggest when you assemble your list and start planning your intinery that you contact the various venues to be sure they are open and active and don't have odd hours. You wouldn't want to get somewhere on Tuesday and discover that tours are only on Monday! Errol Groff On 06 Apr 2004 14:52:30 GMT, (Johnsorj) wrote: Hi All My Dad and I are planning a " Museum Tour " of the eastern US and are looking for recommendations for good Metalworking and Machinery museums--We plan to make a giant loop starting in Minneapolis then on to Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati and DC-- We are looking for more cities for our list-- |
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Maine Maritime Museum Bath Maine some interesting machinery http://www.bathmaine.com/programs.asp Springfield (Massachusetts) Armory firearms museum http://www.nps.gov/spar/index.htm Old Schwamb Mill Arlington Massachusetts oval picture frame turning open 2 days/week? http://www.oldschwambmill.org/ Starrett Museum Athol Massachusetts tools & early machinery small call first http://www.starrett.com/ John Martin |
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Grew up in the Springfield area, AAMOF, my aunt works at STCC (where the
armory is...) really neat place, lots of interesting displays. erie Springfield (Massachusetts) Armory firearms museum http://www.nps.gov/spar/index.htm |
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--I'd love to have a copy as well. Is the Penngrove Power and
Implement Museum on your list? IIRC their open day is just around the bend. No web presence last time I searched, but it's a right nifty place to visit... -- "Steamboat Ed" Haas : I'm a poet, my feet show it Hacking the Trailing Edge! : they're long fellows... http://www.nmpproducts.com/intro.htm ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words--- |
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