Don Harold, Sneaky Subway Preservationist, Dies at 91. He played an essential role in the creation of the New York Transit Museum by helping to save vintage train cars — sometimes using subterfuge.

Profile. Although life may move too fast to ponder the origins of an intricate, inter-borough subway system, the New York Transit Museum possesses 60,000 square feet that allow us to do just that.

But the museum was a hit, and it eventually became a permanent New York City fixture; now, it’s the best place to see the history of the city’s transit system, and gain an understanding of how ...

The New York City Transit Museum is taking us on a ride like most have never been on before. Using images and objects from the Museum collection, this exhibit explores some of the endless ways to ...

The beloved New York Transit Museum will reopen on Aug. 14, welcoming back in-person visitors for the first time at its decommissioned Downtown Brooklyn subway station since the pandemic began, ...

The New York City subway system has been around for over 110 years. Luckily, Google has an awesome collection of images taken from the New York Transit Museum that shows off what the old subway ...

Following up on my essay “What’s a Museum”? and the discussion on The Brian Lehrer Show, I’ve been on an informal tour of museums large and small looking for what works and what doesn’t. One of my ...

HE NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM will be celebrating 120 years of the NYC subway system with a new exhibit about the trains. ... the Eagle is New York City’s only daily devoted exclusively to Brooklyn.

Don Harold, Sneaky Subway Preservationist, Dies at 91. He played an essential role in the creation of the New York Transit Museum by helping to save vintage train cars — sometimes using subterfuge.