Travel Town Museum
Travel Town Museum is a railway museum dedicated on December 14, 1952, and located in the northwest corner of Los Angeles, California's Griffith Park. The history of railroad transportation in the western United States from 1880 to the 1930s is the primary focus of the museum's collection, with an emphasis on railroading in Southern California and the Los Angeles area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: US Railway Museum
- Address: CA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum and Equidome.
Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum
Museum
The Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum is a non-profit public-benefit corporation founded in 1956 by live steam enthusiasts for the purpose of educating the public about railroad history and lore, and to promote live steam and scale model railroad technology. Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum is situated 1,800 feet east of Travel Town Museum.
Equidome
Pitch
Photo: Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Equidome is a 3,500-seat indoor arena located at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center complex, located next to the Los Angeles River on Riverside Drive in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California. Equidome is situated 2,000 feet north of Travel Town Museum.
Los Angeles Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Geographer, CC BY 1.0.
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a 133-acre zoo founded in 1966 and located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The city of Los Angeles owns the zoo, its land and facilities, and the animals. Los Angeles Zoo is situated 1¼ miles east of Travel Town Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burbank and Beachwood Canyon.
Burbank
Photo: Gareth Simpson, CC BY 2.0.
The self-declared "Media Capital of the World", Burbank is a small city in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California, in the Los Angeles area. It is the home of the headquarters and primary studios of Warner Bros. and Disney, and of the animation studios of Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.
Beachwood Canyon
Neighborhood
Photo: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beachwood Canyon is a community in the Hollywood Hills, in the northern portion of Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The upper portion of the canyon is the Hollywoodland community that was advertised in the 1920s by the original of what is now known as the Hollywood Sign. Beachwood Canyon is situated 2½ miles south of Travel Town Museum.
Travel Town Museum
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.15444° or 34° 9′ 16″ northLongitude
-118.30791° or 118° 18′ 29″ westElevation
499 feet (152 metres)Height
18 feet (5.4 metres)Open location code
85635M3R+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 422130710OpenStreetMap feature
building=museumGeoNames ID
5403293Wikidata ID
Q7835942
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Travel Town Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “火車博物館”
- German: “Travel Town Museum”
- Japanese: “トラベルタウン博物館”
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