Museum of Route 66 Lincoln Daily News June/July 2026 Page 43 In keeping with that theme, Groves painted the gift shop to look like the inside of a watermelon. As you walk through the museum, you will see exhibits that will take you back in time on Route 66. Near the front of the museum, there is a ticket counter. One special display is John and Darlene Ruh’s one-of-a-kind train exhibit, which Ruh spent 20 years designing. The train set is a complete depiction of the Mother Road, Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles. Brad Matthew’s construction built the train table the set will go on. The ceiling and walls in one section have been painted to look like the sky and in the middle of the museum there is an area with fake grass. Near the front, McCoy has set up an old phone booth similar to the one on top of Lincoln’s City Hall. In another area is a replica of an old-time radio station like the ones on Route 66. Just past the radio station is a barber shop set up to look like one from years ago.
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