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New Transportation Museum Open |
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Monday, 18 June 2012 13:45 |
 The much anticipated Transportation Museum is open for business and has scheduled an official grand opening for July 15, 2012. The museum features 250 models of ships and boats, cars dating to the early 1900s and six airplanes. Also on display are model trains and original oil paintings of Civil War ships and river battles. The museum houses a Civil War room, its centerpiece is a Vicksburg battle and siege diorama with 2,300 human figures plus horses, cannon and fortifications placed to depict Union and Confederate positions. There are also displays of about 50 vessels named for Mississippians. |
