Permanent Exhibit
All Ages
PROGRESS: THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHANGE
Overview
Generations of change in the blink of an eye
General Admission
Subject: History
Step into 1898, where telegrams deliver urgent messages, horses pull carriages, and life moves at the pace of the past. Then, turn the corner—and suddenly, it’s 1962. Neon signs glow, television brings the world into living rooms, and the hum of progress fills the air.
In just 64 years, telegraphs gave way to television, Morse code became telephones, and fresh produce markets turned into frozen TV dinners. Stand at the crossroads of Hope Street and Fear Street and ask yourself: what will the next revolution bring?
General Admission
Subject: History
Explore an American street, twice.
Watch history unfold as the familiar transforms before your eyes. Cobblestone and wood give way to concrete and steel. Parking meters replace hitching posts. A livery stable disappears, and in its place—a gas station.
How many signs of progress will you spot?
Key Features
- Send a telegram in the Amalgamated Telegraph Office.
- Play with 19th-century toys and games like children of the past.
- Pose in a carriage for the perfect old-world photo.
- Step into 1962 and serve up diner fare, squeeze into a phone booth, and even become a TV news anchor in the WNWS television studio.
