About Us
This Museum was originally conceived by Tony
Vaccaro as a "Lozier Museum" and
through developing that concept, the scope
of the museum was broadened to include all
transportation.
Vaccaro,
after moving to the Plattsburgh
area he learned of the legendary Plattsburgh
based Lozier Automobile Manufacturing Plant
which had produced some of the worlds finest luxury
automobiles. A car enthusiast, Vaccaro began
collecting Lozier history eventually
restoring a 1915 Lozier. In the process of
discovering the Lozier history Vaccaro began
to formulate the idea of a Lozier Museum.
Dr.
Vaccaro mentioned his ideas at home . His
daughters immediately saw the
opportunity for children to join in and have
a fun learning experience. Upon considering
the mutual goals of a Lozier Gallery and a
Children's Museum the idea of a Champlain
Valley Transportation Museum was
introduced by Bruce Carlin, a professional acquaintance
of Dr. Vaccaro.
Soon a
core of community
service minded people began the Champlain
Valley Transportation Museum. Former
Plattsburgh Mayor John Ianneli, his wife
Helen, Susanna Piller, Debby Powers and
Vaccaro's wife
Joanne formed the initial group. They worked
to obtain a provisional New York State
Education Charter and formed a
501-3-C corporation not-for-profit
corporation.
In 2003 Brian
Hammond, a former marketing executive with
Verizon, was hired as the Executive
Director.
The museum
has had the good fortune to work with the City of Plattsburgh,
PARC, the Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment
Corp. and Battle of Plattsburgh Association
to presently become located in a series of
buildings on the "Old Plattsburgh Air
Base".
A series of presentations to the public recruited more interested people as members.
Champlain Valley Transportation Museum
12 Museum Way • Plattsburgh, NY
12903 • Tel: (518) 566-7575
Email: info@cvtmuseum.com