The Power of Steam Exhibit
INCLUDED WITH GENERAL ADMISSION
The North Carolina Transportation Museum is pleased to announce a new temporary exhibit featuring the photography of Jeffrey Stoner.
Jeffrey has had a lifelong passion for photography, but began selling and exhibiting his work in 2004. Today, with numerous publications and works on display in galleries throughout the southeastern United States, the North Carolina Transportation Museum is excited to welcome “The Power of Steam” to the Master Mechanic’s Office, now through Labor Day. This exhibit features over three dozen photographs of notable steam locomotives in action, some of which were taken at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
About the N.C. Transportation Museum
The N.C. Transportation Museum is home to the largest remaining operational roundhouse in North America, and numerous structures that represent what was once Southern Railway’s largest steam locomotive repair facility in the southeast. The museum is part of the Division of Historic Sites and the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
About the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) is the state agency with a mission is to improve the quality of life by creating opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history, libraries and nature in North Carolina by stimulating learning, inspiring creativity, preserving the state’s history, conserving the state’s natural heritage, encouraging recreation and cultural tourism, and promoting economic development. NCDNCR includes 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, two science museums, three aquariums and Jennette’s Pier, 39 state parks and recreation areas, the N.C. Zoo, the nation’s first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the State Archives, the N.C. Arts Council, the N.C. African American Heritage Commission, the State Preservation Office and the Office of State Archaeology, along with the Division of Land and Water Stewardship. For more information, please call (919) 807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov.