I have to give this place 5 Stars! The cost is $5.00 per person or $15.00 per family! It's SO worth it if you love Greyhound Buses, old vehicles, their history & chrome!
If you were a kid again these buses would be your school jungle gym in this museum! Everything is at your fingertips when you climbed aboard these huge retired gas motored camels of the Northern Midwest that eventually became a Nationwide Icon!! "Go Greyhound!" As a teen I remember my siblings & I traveling out of the Minneapolis or St Paul, MN hub many times to visit our Grandparents that lived in other states (North Dakota & Missouri). It was much cheaper then flying and I must admit, the bus stops along the way were quite interesting as well as the people we met! Take the time to stop in, I admit the museum and it's grounds are showing some wear & tear so please DONATE! Remember, you have free range to explore the buses outside and then come on in to see the restored buses through the decades inside, all the uniforms the drivers wore over the years, the photos & statues of the actual dog, the greyhound "Princess" that started the brand logo and the story as to how the Greyhound Bus Company started along with so much other info!
I honestly wasn't sure how I'd feel about the place since the museum never truly made my list of "places to see" and doesn't have a multitude of reviews going for it even though they are mostly positive. Obviously my opinion has completely changed. If you ever rode the Greyhound Bus, once, twice, many times or was born and raised here in Minnesota take the time, spend the $5.00 (or the Family price) to check out this wonderful little museum in...
Read moreThe Greyhound Bus Museum is something that you should add to your list of things to do if you are in Hibbing, MN. Plan to spend about an hour to two hours looking around. The older you are, the more likely you will enjoy this visit. Us older folks will recall the days of the Greyhound buses coming to our small towns and taking people to far away places. It was a heady period, and it provided many people a way to see the country that they would otherwise not have been able to do.
It was interesting to see how Greyhound Bus got its name and the evolution of this company.
While we were there, someone pulled into the parking lot in a converted 1958 Greyhound Bus. The bus had been converted into a motorhome. It was beautifully restored, and this was an extra fun thing to see. Out in the back of the museum, it looks like they have several Greyhound buses waiting to be restored.
Plan on driving on a short distance from this museum and see the Hull-Rust Open mining pit. It is less than five minutes up the road,...
Read moreWent today with 4 kids ranging in ages 3-10 plus 2 adults and we all had fun. We did a family package so it cost us only $20 for the entire group. The 3 year olds were free. We had pretty much the place to ourselves. Lots to see and even a few fun things for the kids to do. The younger ones loved looking at all the "toy" (model) busses. The receptionist was also really friendly and helpful. The only downside is you can't really enter the busses to actually look at the interiors, you can only stand on the steps and just look back. I understand the reasoning behind it since all the busses are really old, probably cost a lot to restore each one and not everybody is respectful. There was also interesting old facts, old stories you could listen to either on a speaker or headphones and even songs that you could listen to on headphones about the greyhound bus including a song by garth Brooke's. All in all a...
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