Events at the Museum

2nd Thursdays

More information on our next session coming soon.

10:30 AM-11:45 AM, the second Thursday of each month. All Aboard the Southeastern Railway Museum’s monthly preschool program!
Tickets will be on sale until prior day of event and cut off at 11pm for online sales.
 
Tickets may be purchased at the gate on day of the event unless sold out. A Park Train ride and the end of our session is offered, depending on weather and crew availability. To register: https://southeasternrailwaymuseum.thundertix.com/events?display=standard
 

Beebe & Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy       October 5 – December 31

With dramatic images and sweeping promotional strategies, Lucius Beebe—joined in 1941 by his life partner Charles Clegg—introduced railroad photography and the world of railroading to wide popular audiences. Their pioneering efforts established a broad market and wide appreciation for rail photography, leading to its far-reaching appeal in print today. At a time when railroad books were almost unknown, it took a celebrity writer of the stature of Lucius Beebe to transform the seemingly prosaic subject of railroads into books that beguiled the public. Beebe and Clegg pioneered the genre of railroad books, brought their material to mass-market audiences, and established themselves as household names. 

Lucius Beebe (left) and Charles Clegg pose along the tracks of the Southern Pacific narrow gauge in the Owens Valley of California. (California RR Museum)
 
The exhibit, produced by the Center for Railroad Photography and Art, opens to our visitors on October 5 at 10:00 a.m. and runs through December 31. Normal museum admission applies. The show is in Building 1’s exhibit hall and is supported by a grant from the Gwinnett Creativity Fund.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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