Greyhound Bus Museum

This article is about the bus line museum . For Greyhound bus lines, see Greyhound (disambiguation).

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

Company history

The Greyhound Lines was created by E.C.(Ed)Ekstrom, Carl Wickman, Andy(Bus)Anderson, et. al. 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 WWII efforts and display memorabilia from its history.

Historical Vehicles

• 1914 Hupmobile
• 1927 White
• 1936 "Super Coach"
• 1947 "Battle of Britain"
• 1947-48 AFC "Brill"
• 1948 "Silverside"
• 1955 Courier 96
• 1956 Scenicruiser
• 1964 GMC PD4106
• 1967 "Buffalo"
• 1969 "Buffalo"
• 1977 MC8 - "Americruiser"
• 1982 MCI-9

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 worlds largest bus company.

See also

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

External links

• Museum home page
• Bluehounds and Redhounds, the histories of Greyhound and Trailways