Bellingham Railway Museum

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The Bellingham Railway Museum was a nonprofit museum located in downtown Bellingham, Washington, USA, that displayed a pictorial and text history of railroad traffic in Bellingham and Whatcom/Skagit Counties, as well as a large electric model railroad, an exhibit of railroad lanterns, and a train simulator based on Microsoft Train Simulator software. A research library was also hosted.^[1] It opened in 2003 and was volunteer operated until its permanent closure in June of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Bellingham Railway Museum | Museum Day Live! | Smithsonian". Smithsonian.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13.
^ Parker, Hilary (2016-11-14). "Train Enthusiast? You Need to Visit the Bellingham Railway Museum with Your Kids". www.bellingham.org. Archived from the original on 2021-06-21.
^ "Bellingham Railway Museum chronicles history of local railroads". The Bellingham Herald. 2016-09-23.
^ "Bellingham Railway Museum". AAA. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26.

External links

Official website

v t e Bellingham, Washington
People History District Court
Landmarks	Aftermath Clubhouse Bellingham National Bank Building B.P.O.E. Building Flatiron Building Lairmont Manor Leopold Hotel Mount Baker Theatre Lottie Roth Block Old City Hall Pickett House Safe Return T. G. Richards and Company Store
Parks	Bloedel Donovan Boulevard Park Cornwall Park Lake Whatcom Park Larrabee State Park Maritime Heritage Park Whatcom Falls Park Sehome Hill Arboretum
Geography and places	Chuckanut Mountains Lake Padden Lake Samish Lake Whatcom Fairhaven Sehome Sudden Valley Waterfront Bellis Fair Mall
Transportation	Fairhaven Station Bellingham International Airport Route 11 (Chuckanut Drive) Route 539 (The Guide Meridian) Whatcom Transportation Authority
History	Bellingham riots C. X. Larrabee Julius Bloedel George Pickett George Vancouver Sir William Bellingham
Museums	SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention Bellingham Railway Museum Whatcom Children's Museum Whatcom Museum of History and Art
Education	Bellingham High School Bellingham School District Bellingham Technical College Sehome High School Squalicum High School Western Washington University Whatcom Community College Whatcom Middle School
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Sports	Bellingham Bells Bellingham Mariners Bellingham Slam Bellingham Sportsplex Whatcom Pavilion
Places of worship	Congregation Beth Israel Cornwall Church
Companies, organizations, and events	Bellingham Festival of Music Bellingham Theatre Guild Bluewater Productions Clickpop Records Estrus Records Frequency LinuxFest Northwest Mount Baker Theatre The Non-GMO Project Port of Bellingham Ski to Sea Race

v t e Museums in the Puget Sound region
Art	911 Media Arts Center Bellevue Arts Museum Cascadia Art Museum Frye Art Museum Henry Art Gallery Monarch Contemporary Art Center and Sculpture Park Museum of Glass Museum of Northwest Art Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle Art Museum Seattle Asian Art Museum Tacoma Art Museum Whatcom Museum of History and Art
Aviation	Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Heritage Flight Museum McChord Air Museum Museum of Flight Olympic Flight Museum Port Townsend Aero Museum
Children's	Children's Museum of Tacoma Hands On Children's Museum Imagine Children's Museum KidsQuest Children's Museum Seattle Children's Museum
Culture	Museum of Pop Culture Nordic Museum Northwest African American Museum Suquamish Museum Quinault Museum Wing Luke Museum
History	DuPont Museum Eastside Heritage Center Edmonds Historical Museum Harbor History Museum History House of Greater Seattle Issaquah Historical Museums Karshner Museum Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Mukilteo Light Museum of History and Industry Renton History Museum Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum Seattle Underground Washington State History Museum
Maritime	Browns Point Light Center for Wooden Boats Coast Guard Museum Northwest Mukilteo Light Northwest Seaport Snagboat Heritage Center Working Waterfront Maritime Museum
Military	Coast Guard Museum Northwest Lewis Army Museum McChord Air Museum Naval Undersea Museum Northwest Veterans Museum Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum Puget Sound Navy Museum Washington National Guard Museum
Natural sciences	Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Museum and Arts Center, Sequim, Washington
Science and technology	America's Car Museum Bellingham Railway Museum Connections Museum Georgetown Steam Plant Living Computers: Museum + Labs Pacific Science Center SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention Vintage Motorcycle Museum
See also: List of museums in Washington (state) and Museums and galleries of Seattle

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