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| Orphan Train Museum Virtual Tour |
| Visitors enter the museum through the entrance to the 1917 Union Pacific Depot, where passengers would purchase tickets for their journey. |
| Mary Mole Rupp Freight Room |
| The Freight Room features the general history of Orphan Trains, including photographs of New York City in the mid-1800s, life on the streets, the Children's Aid Society and the New York Foundling Hospital. |
| Robert Summers Men's Waiting Room |
| In what was once the Men's Waiting Room, the stories of the men involved in the Orphan Train Movement are told. These include stories of Charles Loring Brace, who helped found the Children's Aid Society, Agent H.D. Clarke, who placed many children in the Mid-West, and the stories of Orphan Train Riders Hallie Garwood and the Neal brothers. |
| Clara Morgan Women's Waiting Room |
| In the Women's Waiting Room, visitors can learn about Children's Aid Society Agent Anna Laura Hill, and Orphan Train Riders Adeline Trowbridge and Mabel Erickson. Featured in this room (as well as in the Men's Waiting Room) are larger than life size window banners depicting children who rode the trains, accompanied by their stories. |
| Station Master's Office |
| The Station's Master Office is now the children's room for the museum. It contains a puppet center where children can act out the Orphan Trains, books on the Orphan Trains, and an activity table where kids can draw, color and do other arts and crafts. |
| The 1917 Union Pacific Depot has been completely restored and is now the National Orphan Train Museum. It contains exhibits on the children and adults involved in the history of the Orphan Train Movement. (Photo by Jessica LeDuc) |
Click here for a tour of the Morgan-Dowell Research Center