Stewardship of a massive collection like the Northwest Railway Museum’s can be daunting. A trained curator can quickly see there are issues with storage conditions, damaged artifacts, and security. Heat,…
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The roof on a century-old railcar is more than just something to keep the rain out; it is a distinguishing feature. On chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace, the roof…
Let there be light, and some fresh air too! One of the distinguishing features of most traditional clerestory-roofed railroad cars is the clerestory window. Designed to provide both light and…
Rehabilitation of a landmark property invites many opportunities to learn from the object. The chapel car rehabilitation is no exception – the structure has been largely untouched since it was…
Chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace has been undergoing rehabilitation for over 9 months. A full-time crew of carpenters and other preservation specialists has been reversing the effects of 112…
Museum collections are expected to last for a really long time. To preserve objects in a collection for a really long time, museums attempt to control the environmental factors that…
Chapel car 5 rehabilitation continues in the Conservation and Restoration Center and with a recent delay in the arrival of heavy timbers work shifted to another important element: windows….
The Northwest Railway Museum recently hosted an historic structure field school. Maintenance and repair of historic structures is a course regularly offered by the Army Corp of Engineers and outlines…
The chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace’s rehabilitation has begun in earnest. The Museum has been fundraising for this long-planned project for over three years. On January 31, 2011 a…
At the Train Shed dedication on October 2, 2010, the daughter of the late Jack Hoover of Belt, Montana announced the donation of his caboose to the Northwest Railway Museum….
