National Railroad Museum: Will receive $27,880 tourism marketing grant

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Deanna Novak, National Railroad Museum



920-437-7623 ext 12; dnovak@nationalrrmuseum.org


GREEN BAY, Wis. (May 28, 2014) – Visitors and train aficionados from around the region are

invited to celebrate the return of the only A4 Class locomotive in the country with the help of

a Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) grant from the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. The National

Railroad Museum was home to the British made locomotive, the Dwight D. Eisenhower, since

1964 and loaned the piece to the National Railway Museum of York, England for “The Great

Gathering” of 2013. Now the locomotive will return home to be part of a new exhibit, which

opens Aug. 2 and runs through Oct. The exhibit is estimated to generate an economic impact of

$240,000 from traveler spending at area hotels, restaurants and stores.


Two more JEM grant presentations will take place Friday May 30 at the Neville Public Museum

(210 Museum Place, Green Bay, WI 54303) at 10am on Friday, May 30. Full press release with

all grant information will follow on Friday.


WHO: National Railroad Museum


WHAT: A press conference awarding the museum a $27,880 marketing grant from the

Department of Tourism


WHEN: 4:30p.m. Thursday, May 29


WHERE: National Railroad Museum, 2285 S Broadway Green Bay, WI


****MEDIA ALERT FOR THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2014****


New exhibit expected to generate $240,000 in economic impact