OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The Durham Museum is partnering with the Omaha Common Senses Festival for a new locomotive-themed exhibit, adding to the museum’s collection of railroad history.
“Omaha was the start of the transcontinental railroad that connected the, you know, kind of a golden spike story that everybody knows, the east meets the west. It really did start Omaha,” said Scott Eastman, Durham Museum Director of Marketing and PR.
A legendary connection to trains
“The Durham is sort of legendary for our trains that are sitting on the original tracks from the days that this was a train station,” Eastman said.
The Omaha Common Senses Festival celebrates art, science and disability acceptance. This year’s exhibit is part of that festival…