The Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia, is actively seeking state funding to support its long-term future.
In a Thursday email to supporters, the museum, which has struggled with funding and stability for years, asked supporters to reach out to state Rep. Matt Reeves, R-Duluth, to urge the state allocate tax dollars for the museum.
On March 8, 1966, the Southern Railway donated 12 acres to the Atlanta Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society for a museum. In 1970, the Atlanta Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society founded the museum.
It moved to its present 30-acre site, the former J.J. Finnigan Industries metal fabrication and repair facility, in 1998. Two years later, in 2000, it was designated as Georgia’s official transportation history museum.
In December, the museum sought proposals from qualified consulting firms to lead a strategic planning process and deliver an actionable plan to guide the museum’s growth over the next three to five years with “a 10-year horizon.”
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