Another Attendance Record is Broken!

Wow! We have broken another attendance record and we still have 12 more weeks to go until the end of the year. Here’s a quick glance at our Visitor count comparisons.

Scheduled Visitor Tours 2011 = 485 kids and adults (year-end total)

Scheduled Visitor Tours 2012 = 967 kids and adults currently to date (We have many more scheduled tours on the books before the end of the year)

 

Over all Visitor Count:

2008 = less than 3,000

2009 = 6,000 +/-

2010 = 12,740

2011 = 31,000 +

2012 = 32,000 + to date (based on last year’s attendance numbers for the final 3 months of the year we are calculating that another 16,000 visitors can be expected between now and the end of the year)

We wish to thank all of our visitors for coming out and experiencing the railroad museum and the Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District.  We truly enjoy having you stop by and visit and learn about our regions important history and the vital link we provide in the economic and industrial growth of our great nation. And more importantly to hear the stories of our ancestors that used to work for the railroads and being able to experience their workplace, shops and working conditions. We hope that a visit to our complex leaves you with a wonderful sense of pride in your own family’s history after getting a better feel for how our families worked hard, supported each other and provided for our futures.

Most importantly we would like to thank our exceptional and awesome volunteers. Their selfless dedication and desire to pass on our history’s lessons to our children and future generations is simply humbling and heartfelt. The time they spend with the visitors and the stories and lessons that are passed on. The countless hours of not only working at the complex itself, but the unseen hours and hours spent at home researching, designing, contemplating and building upon ideas for displays, interactive learning and the stories of the railroad workers and the lives that they touched.

Thank you to one and all! And please pass the word on about us and check out our web site’s upcoming events (www.milwaukeerailroadshops.org) for the exciting and fun family events that are still  planned for the rest year.