Jan 08 2009
Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, MN
My kids are still young enough that a bus ride is a big deal to them. To date, their bus rides have all been on school buses, so they were excited to go to Hibbing and learn about the Greyhound buses.
The entire Greyhound company had its humble roots in little Hibbing, Minnesota. Two men hired out a car for rides from the little town of Alice to the nearby iron mines in Hibbing. Their business grew, and soon they were traveling farther and trying to figure out how to haul more people per ride. The first bus was created out of necessity, and from there the idea grew.
At the Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, there are exhibits showcasing the start of bus travel in the United States. A theater made up of bus seats shows a video of the company’s history before visitors head to the bus garage to see buses from various decades.
The kids thought it was great to be able to go in these buses from different eras. Some had more steps, some more lights, some colorful seats, and the kids noticed it all. When we’d seen all the buses in the indoor area, we went outside to see even more, including a bus that had been converted to use as a motorhome.
The history of the Greyhound company and the variety of buses on display was interesting for me and for the kids, and we enjoyed our stop at the Greyhound Bus Museum.
My toddler loves buses! We took her on an old school bus one time and she was in heaven. This sounds right up our alley.
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That is very cool! I love museums that are a little out of of the norm! Some of those buses are really cool looking. I don’t have any plans to be in that neck of the woods, but if I ever am I will add it to my list of things to see!
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What a cool museum. Anything that actually lets you get in and explore a vehicle is great for kids.
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Sounds interesting. I always love these little, specialty museums.
Did you see any of the Bob Dylan sites in Hibbing while you were there?
I guess there is a museum for everyone. LOL Did you see this one?
http://attractions.uptake.com/blog/pez-museum-burlingame-california-1924.html
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What a great museum for the kids. Mine don’t get on many buses either! I bet they would love it!
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Ah, I remember those days, when “The wheels on the bus, go round and round…” was a hit song with my kids, and a visit to a bus museum would’ve been AWESOME!
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That’s such a cool museum. My son will totally be all over this place.
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Cool! We never seemed to take buses when we lived in the States, so seeing them in museums was our kidlet’s only experience with them until we started our world tour.
Now we have become experts on every kind of mass transit around the world, but it still is interesting to experience. Tell your kids that the main transportation in Turkey is via bus and they even have movies on them and a food service similar to planes! They had the newest and fanciest buses we have ever seen.
Some of the still running buses and trolleys in Prague and Lisbon, seem even older than the oldest Greyhounds.
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My family would LOVE this! Too bad we don’t live closer!
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That is the perfect place for kids, my son would totally dig it.
Thanks for sharing.
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i love going to museums. its great the kids got to go inside the buses too.
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Hi,
May I have the phone number of the Greyhound Museum in Hibbing? My husband wants to order something from their gift shop. Thank you,
Mrs. J Frorath
According to Google, it’s (218) 263-5814.
[...] cultural heritage as well. The United States has benefited from Iron Range inventions like the Greyhound Bus, which was begun to get miners to and from their jobs at the [...]
In the 1930’s-40′ I lived in Minerva OH on US Route 30, Lincoln Highway. Each day the Greyhound bus came through going East to Pittsburg or West to Canton OH and Chicago Ill. On the side of the bus was a red, white blue roundell like what is on a British airplane. An outer blue circle, white inter circle and a red center.
Could anyone tell me why Greyhound carried a British Insigna??
Did it have somethng to do with the company at that time operating the route from Pittsburg to Chicago??
Thank you. It has allways been a mistery to me.
Hal Thorley
haljant@aol.com
Hal, you have an interesting observation. Perhaps contacting the Greyhound Museum directly would result in an answer. It looks like their website is not currently in service, but there is contact information at this link. http://www.ironrange.org/attractions/historic/greyhound/ Good luck in finding your answer.
Linda