Milwaukee Transit Archives & Museum

04/30/2026

See our post of STORAGE ORGANIZERS FOR SALE from the museum on Facebook Marketplace. Details, prices and photos are in this link: https://www.facebook.com/share/18DTMRdw73/

If the link does not work, type in "ULINE White Corrugated Cardboard Bins" on Facebook's Marketplace.

04/11/2026

ATTENTION Locals in SE WIS . . . Our museum will be exhibiting THIS SUNDAY, April12, from 9am to 4pm at the Annual Model RR Show in Cedarburg at the Ozaukee Co. Fairgrounds Expo Center. The show flyer is attached. We will have a small display about the museum and will take new memberships and renewals at the show. Existing members were mailed our 12 page color newsletter on Thursday, but new members and renewals from members prior to 2018 can take home our newsletter with their paid membership on Sunday! This show is a great swap meet for everything model railroad. At our 5 tables, we will have BOOKS at $3 hard cover / $1 soft cover, CORGI bus and tram models, a few HO and O models, and other supplies & memorabilia for sale cheap. COME have fun at a spring train show while supporting our museum as well.

03/05/2026

ALERT! This Saturday only, March 7, we will be CLOSING AT 4pm, after opening at Noon.

12/15/2025

To Our Members, Donors and Guests, this card is from us to you.
The MTA&M will be OPEN ALL SATURDAYS IN DECEMBER AND ON JANUARY 3 from Noon to 5pm, weather & staffing permitting. You may always call or text ahead to be sure at (414) 345-7210.

It is a great time to make any FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 2025 in person before the year closes, and to help support one of the most unique transit museums in the country with your new or renewed MEMBERSHIP for 2026.

A replenishment of new and used books has been added to our ridiculously cheap BOOK SALE at the museum, thanks to donations made by members and friends. And a wide selection of CORGI bus and streetcar models are also on sale!

It is warm and comfortable inside with lots to see in our Lower Galleries containing exhibits, media, operating trolley layouts, trolley models, photos, signage, artifacts and more. Why wait . . . visit us during the holidays!

05/23/2025

We are OPEN THIS SATURDAY, Noon to 5pm. Tour our museum galleries. Shop our ridiculously cheap SALE OF RAILROAD MEMORABILIA: All BOOKS - $3 hardcover / $1 softcover; All RR VIDEOS - $1; CORGI Bus and Streetcar models - $20-30 as marked.

02/17/2025

Clearing out this Route 15 Milwaukee County Transit System stop is more than about keeping things tidy. It's a recognition that our pedestrian and transit-riding neighbors deserve safety and dignity too.

02/17/2025

02/14/2025

Our museum will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, FEB. 15 due to potential heavy snow and staffing issues.

We will re-open Saturdays from Noon to 5pm on February 22.

06/20/2024

Our museum will be CLOSED this Saturday, JUNE 22nd. We will be attending the dedication at 1:00 pm of Milwaukee trackless trolleybus #441, recently totally and beautifully restored in Elgin, IL. This is a part of Trolley Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Trolley Weekend will highlight the electric railroads and trolley lines that once blanketed Chicagoland and much of the Midwest

04/05/2024

We will have 7 tables filled with books, models in different scales, DVDs and VHS tapes, and much train & trolley memorabilia at the Cedarburg Train Show THIS SUNDAY from 9 am to 4 pm. Come and visit us if in the area. Further info, a flyer and map HERE: