Opening Festivities - Going Places

A National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit about modes of transportation. The exhibit coincides with the 150th anniversary of the Butterfield Trail. "What a wonderful way to celebrate the trail's legacy by bringing this exhibit to Dallas." says Terrell Falk, Old Red Museum President. She continues, "With the environmental and monetary costs of today's transportation making headlines, it is important understand the transition from carriages to autos as we look toward future advancements in transportation." Carriages-not cars-once ruled the road. These forerunners of automobiles and trucks were absolutely essential to American life in the 1800s. Carriages came in an amazing assortment of sizes, shapes, and finishes, from the buckboard phaeton to the sidebar buggy to the booby hut.

To kick-off opening weekend of the Going Places exhibit, the Old Red Museum will host a Transportation Fair. "Stagecoaches to Segways" will celebrate transportation in Dallas County of the past, present and future. The fair will be on Saturday, August 30th from 11am to 3pm and will feature an authentic 19th century stagecoach, antique car, motorcycles and segways. Other activities include travel tips presented by local travel agents, segway demonstrations, crafts for the whole family, talks on stagecoach travel of the 19th century, music to travel by from Russ Warman and to get things revved up the H.O.G.s (Harley Owners Group of Dallas) will roar into the courthouse square at 11:30am.

General Admission will be only $5.00 for everyone the entire Labor Day weekend from Friday, August 29th - Monday, September 1st.