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7/15/2026
The B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, has become the National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation, with a new logo and branding to reflect the museum's broader vision while honoring its historic roots, museum officials announced in a press release.
"Nearly 200 years ago, a bold vision launched from this very place transformed our nation," said Kris Hoellen, the museum’s executive director. "As we prepare to commemorate the bicentennial of American railroading, we are embracing a name that reflects both our responsibility to preserve one of America's greatest transportation stories and our commitment to exploring where rail transportation is headed next."
The museum is located on the grounds where the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first common carrier railroad chartered in North America for the commercial transportation of freight and passengers. The campus is recognized as a National Historic Landmark, a Smithsonian Affiliate and a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site.
The announcement comes as the museum continues its transformative $38 million campus expansion in advance of the 2027 commemoration of the 200th anniversary of U.S. railroading.
The expansion calls for new multimedia visitor experiences, expanded gathering spaces and an outdoor amphitheater. The museum will also provide public access to its nationally significant railroad archives for the first time in its history. Comprising more than 30 million documents, the archives represent one of the nation's most important collections chronicling the history, development and impact of the county's railroad industry.