Casey Jones Museum Offers Free Admission on
Smithsonian
Magazine’s Museum Day
Free Admission with Online
Museum Day Ticket
(Jackson, TN) On Saturday, September
25th, 2010 Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum will participate in
the sixth annual Museum Day,
presented nationally by Toyota. The local landmark will join over 1,300
participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide to open
their doors free of charge to all visitors who download the Museum Day
Ticket from Smithsonian.com. In celebration of heritage and cultural
life, participating venues emulate the free admission policy of the
Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C. based facilities.
Deborah Shaw Laman, Casey Jones
Museum marketing director, said, "We appreciate the opportunity
provided by the Smithsonian to be a part of Museum Day promoting
visitation to museums both large and small across America. We are
proud to be among a dozen institutions participating September
25th across the state of Tennessee. Guests just need to bring in the
ticket coupon that they download online at
www.smithsonian.com/museumday
.
They will fill out a simple form online selecting Casey Jones Home
& Railroad Museum in our state then will be emailed a ticket to
print that they bring to our Museum for one free pass and one guest pass
valid on September 25th, 2010 from
9:00 am to 5:00 pm."
About Casey
Jones Museum
Walk in the footsteps of the world's most famous railroad hero
at the Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum. Tour Casey Jones' home
where he lived with his wife and three children in the 1890's and the
8,000 train station expansion that opened in 2009. featuring an all new
exhibit hall, the Jackson Room for community functions and a Museum
store, the Casey Jones Train Store, featuring all things trains, a
Thomas the Tank play corner and model trains in operation.
Opened in 2009, the new "Train
Station" features greatly expanded exhibits on the life and legend of
Casey Jones. New as of June 2010, "The Railroads and the Civil War in
Tennessee" permanent exhibit explores the Tennessee experience of the
American Civil War. Casey Jones Museum's executive director is
Lawrence Taylor and the Casey Jones historian is Norma Taylor. Hours
are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and the phone number is 731.668.1222.
Read more:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venues/Casey-Jones-Home-Railroad-Museum.html#ixzz102xmrKU5
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Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and research
complex consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological
Park and nine research facilities.
About the Museum Day national
sponsor - Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.,
Inc.
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A.,
Inc. is the marketing, sales, distribution and customer service arm of
Toyota, Lexus and Scion.
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