The Durham Museum
In 1971 after the establishment of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (now Amtrak), Union Pacific Railroad closed Union Station. The first tip in print that the structure be utilized as a museum appeared in the Public Pulse of the World Herald on April 5, 1971 in a letter from John Edward Peterson.
He suggested that either the City of Omaha or Joslyn acquire the structure and establish it into a museum. He composed, "Possibly the Union Pacific would want to offer the station rather inexpensively or even contribute it."The station was contributed to the City of Omaha in 1973 and two years later the Western Heritage Museum opened. The museum closed from 1995 to 1996 for a $22 million restoration task mainly funded by Charles and Margre Durham.
For their contributions on the job, the Western Heritage Museum was relabelled the Durham Western Heritage Museum the list below year. On April 6, 2008 the Durham Western Heritage Museum ended up being the Durham Museum. The change was driven by current partnerships Smithsonian Organization, the Library of Congress and the National Archives which have supplied the museum with a bigger range of displays and shows not restricted to western heritage. The museum is an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affiliations program.
The Durham Museum (formerly referred to as the Durham Western Heritage Museum) is located at 801 South 10th Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The museum is committed to preserving and displaying the history of the United States' western region. The museum is housed in Omaha's former Union Station.
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