Greyhound Bus Museum

The Greyhound Bus Museum is located in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States, where Carl Wickman and Andrew "Bus Andy" Anderson started their first bus service in 1914 transporting fellow miners in a 1914 Hupmobile.

This article is about the Greyhound Bus Museum. For Greyhound bus lines, see Greyhound Lines.
Greyhound Bus Museum
The Greyhound Bus Museum from the southeast
Established1989
Location1201 Greyhound Boulevard
Hibbing, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates47°26′18″N 92°56′22″W
TypeTransport museum
Websitehttp://www.greyhoundbusmuseum.org

Company history

The Greyhound Lines was created by E.C.(Ed) Ekstrom, Carl Wickman, Andy (Bus) Anderson, and others, through a series of partnerships and mergers to become an icon, symbolizing the American dream.

Museum history

The museum opened in September 1989 in the Hibbing Municipal Building under the name Greyhound Bus Origin Center. It was the dedicated work of one man, Gene Nicolelli, a local resident, who found a plaque in the abandoned local Greyhound Terminal honoring the town as the birthplace of the bus industry. The museum has since acquired a number of buses associated with the Greyhound Line operation. The exhibits also tell the story of the company, its contribution to the World War II efforts and display memorabilia from its history.[1][2][3]

Historical vehicles
Some of the museum's bus collection
YearMakeModel
1914Hupmobile
1927White
1936Yellow743 "Super Coach"
1947Yellow743 "Battle of Britain"
1947/48ACF"Brill"
1948GMCPD-4151 "Silverside"
1956MCICourier 96
1956GMCPD-4501 "Scenicruiser"
1964GMCPD-4106
1967GMCPD-4107 "Buffalo"
1969GMCPD-4903 "Buffalo"
1977MCIMC-8 "Americruiser"
1982MCIMC-9
1989Eagle10
1992MCIMC-12

Permanent exhibits
  • The men and machines that created Greyhound Bus Lines: Pictorial and memorabilia
  • The Greyhound Story: Video presentation of the company history.
  • The car they could not sell: The story of entrepreneurship from a 2-mile line Hibbing-Alice to the world's largest bus company.

See also
  • First Avenue, a nightclub that currently operates out of a former Greyhound Bus Terminal in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

References
  1. "Can Mr. Greyhound Add A Little History To Museum". Duluth News Tribune. June 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  2. "Greyhound Bus Museum". Ironrange.org. Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  3. "Greyhound Bus Origin Center". Roadside America. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
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