Preserving Our Heritage for Future Generations
The Plano Conservancy seeks to fund worthwhile projects that preserve, promote and educate the City of Plano’s heritage resources. The Conservancy has successfully funded:
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Interurban Museum Field Trips
Make tracks to the Interurban Railway Museum - Our field trips bring history to life! Located in Plano’s historic Haggard Park at a DART rail stop. Field trips are offered Monday-Thursday at 10:00 a.m. for all age groups. Reservations are required for field trips of any size. Interurban Museum Field Trips
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Tell Us Your Story
The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation is looking for people who actually rode the Interurban Railway cars between 1908-1948 or lived in Plano before 1960.Tell Us Your Story
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Plano History Exhibit
The Conservancy received funds from the City of Plano to improve and update the History of Plano for the meeting room of The Interurban Railway Museum.Plano History Exhibit
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Mad Scientist Room
The Plano Conservancy received a grant for developing graphics for the Electrical Science Demonstration room of the Interurban Railway Museum.Mad Scientist Room
Make tracks to the Interurban Railway Museum - Our field trips bring history to life! Located in Plano’s historic Haggard Park at a DART rail stop. Field trips are offered Monday-Thursday at 10:00 a.m. for all age groups. Reservations are required for field trips of any size. Interurban Museum Field Trips
Interurban Railway Museum
The Interurban Railway Museum - housed in a Texas Historic Landmark train station in downtown Plano - transforms visitors back to a simpler time from 1908-1948 when travelers hopped on a rail car to reach destinations from Denison to Dallas and points beyond. Learn about this unique period in Texas transportation by seeing, hearing, doing, or touching a wide range of entertaining and interactive exhibits. Just outside the museum, you can board Interurban Rail Car 360, manufactured in 1911, observe a few of the original seats, and imagine what it was like to be whisked along the Texas Electric Railway that connected cities and small towns throughout North Texas. Tour guides, dressed in period conductor uniforms, provide fascinating facts to enhance your experience. The Museum is the last remaining restored electric sub-station on the Interurban line. Visitors of all ages have fun exploring and experimenting with hands-on devises that teach scientific concepts while demonstrating how electric current powered
Interurban Railway Museum
Interurban Railway Museum
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