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The museum's guestbook boasts visitors from all over Europe and Asia and has become a destination for international travelers exploring the Mother Road. [3] Due to his commitment to preserving Route 66 history and gas station memorabilia , plus his many years of quality service to his customers, Bill Shea and his shop were inducted into the ...
A Route 66 museum is a museum devoted primarily to the history of U.S. Route 66, a U.S. Highway which served the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, in the United States from 1926 until it was bypassed by the Interstate highway system and ultimately decommissioned in June 1985.
The museum entered into negotiations to purchase the Gemini Giant and Launching Pad Restaurant in Wilmington, IL in early 2023. The owner of the property, Holly Barker, posted images of a signed contract in October 2023, showing the museum agreed to a purchase price of $420,000 for the real estate, $150,000 for the Gemini Giant itself, and $50,000 for all equipment and inventory remaining at ...
From Illinois to California, these restored Route 66 filling stations deserve a pit stop. ... Now it serves as a Route 66 welcome center and museum. Lin0515 / TripAdvisor. 2. Soulsby's Service
One notable stop heading southwest is the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum in Pontiac, which is filled with interesting memorabilia, including a photo op with the world’s largest Route ...
Shea's was operated as a Marathon station on Peoria Road from 1955 to 1982 and later converted into a Route 66 museum. ... launched by Illinois Route 66 ... help of nearly 22,000 volunteer hours ...
The first was the restoration and relocation of the historic Art Moderne neon-illuminated glass-block Berwyn Route 66 welcome sign to the museum grounds; the sign previously stood on the north side of Ogden Avenue just west of Lombard Avenue in front of a CITGO gas station, where a Route 66 multimedia information kiosk erected by the Illinois ...
The newest Route 66 museum is the Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center, which opened in 2012 across from the Ariston Cafe. This museum houses an extensive history of the city of Litchfield and offers guided tours and special events. [39] Artist Bob Waldmire's van at the Pontiac Route 66 Museum