Event

Transportation Week: Trucks

Join the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for Transportation Week, Monday, April 27, to Sunday, May 3, as we celebrate, reflect, and consider the future of transportation. 
 
Explore how trucks transformed American life with spotlight tours and hands-on docent carts in America on the Move.  

 
Activities:    

  • 10:30 a.m.–noon: Docent-led spotlight tours and hands-on carts (America on the Move)   
    Transportation-themed activities (Spark!Lab)  

On View At

Front view of the National Museum of American History with banners, flags, and a fountain in the foreground
Devoted to the scientific, cultural, social, technological, and political development of the United States, the museum traces the American experience from colonial times to the present.
Location
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily

What's on View

This major exhibition examines how transportation—from 1876 to 1999—has shaped our American identity from a mostly rural nation into a major economic power, forged a sense of national unity, delivered consumer abundance, and encouraged a degree. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Museum of American History