Join us as a volunteer!

TTM is open four days a week and there is seemingly no end to the many tasks for our almost all volunteer membership to take care of. As well as the obvious big stuff like operating the train or driving our antique vehicles, there are the equally important tasks of operating our model railroads, selling tickets and items from the company store. We always appreciate more docents to answer the many questions posed by our visitors. One of our principle missions is to educate young people and our school group visit program is one of the best in the city. You don't have to be an expert to become a valued member of our team. If you've always wanted to operate a locomotive, we have a program that will allow you to do just that! We can tell you about the many items we operate and have on display. All you have to bring is your own personal enthusiasm and willingness to be par of something very special in San Antonio.

Give money!

Money is the gift that never offends and is constantly useful! Over the years TTM has been extremely fortunate and has attracted a large amount of donations from individuals, foundations and private companies. It is worth mentioning that TTM receives no funding whatsoever from the city, the state or the federal government. We have grown as a result of attracting thousands of visitors over the years and generous donations from our community. Some of these donations have been given for our general use and others have asked us to use their gift for a specific purpose, like the restoration of a certain item, such as our steam locomotive or railroad cars. Sometimes people are interested in creating something new or helping us expand a certain part of our operation, such as increasing the length of our tracks. If you are interested in making a donation, please let us know how you would like it to be used. We will do everything we can to accommodate your wishes. We can help you make a bequest or set up an endowment as well. We intend for our museum to be active and growing a hundred years from now. We ourselves may be gone but the good works we do today can live on and be a significant part of the future.

Donate an item

If you have a cherished item, such as a classic automobile, or railroad collection of some kind, be it model trains or books, for example, and find that you need a great place to look after this important piece of your life, you can do no better than consider giving it to Texas Transportation Museum. As our lives change, we sometimes, regretfully, have to make difficult decisions about how to take care of things we have acquired along life's journey. Selling off something so important is often regarded as an unpleasant way to take care of this touchy situation. Making a donation to an institution that will esteem your donation almost as much as you do makes a lot of sense to a lot of people. Because TTM is a registered 501(c)(3) such a move can also help ease your tax burden.

Donations in kind and services!

Many people want to do something good for their community but don't know how. If you or your organization have a particular skill, you might consider doing something for TTM which in turn is providing a valuable service to the community. You could help us restore one of our buildings, help with plumbing or electrical work, even hire someone to come to the museum to cut our grass, trim the trees and keep the all the brush from getting out of control. If you own equipment, such as lawn mowers, or brush cutters, or painting systems, for example, that will allow our volunteers to perform these tasks more efficiently, please donate them to us. We also need heavy equipment, such as tractors, back-hoes, fork lift trucks and road graders. Be as generous as you like! We can take it!