Route 66 Research Hub

The feature-length documentary Route 66: The Main Street of America holds its New Mexico premiere on October 1, 2026, at Albuquerque’s KiMo Theatre,...

The Route 66 Electric Vehicle Museum interprets EV history as part of the highway's technological legacy through its 125+ vehicle collection,...

The historic “Whee” Bridge in Carthage is likely due for replacement within the next year. This positions the span as a clear case study in how Route...

Steve Fitch’s 1980 Capri Motel photograph transforms a Raton roadside stop into a historical record of postwar American travel culture. The New Mexico...

The exhibition Indigenous Identities offers a clear framework for museums to move beyond 19th-century state-sanctioned portraits toward Indigenous...

• The Oklahoma Historical Society interprets Route 66 through its evolution from Dust Bowl hardships to post-WWII road trips.
• Evidence includes...

The article positions the Urban Indian Relocation Program as a key entry point for studying mid-century Native mobility along Route 66.

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• Concrete teepees (15 units, 30 feet tall) opened May 1950 after 1946 construction embody 1950s roadside design and postwar family travel.
• Lewis...

Jeremy Fish’s “On the Road of Dreams” exhibit fuses whimsical animal-transport hybrids with personal family history to mark Route 66’s...

A new oral history project preserves firsthand memories from vanished Black neighborhoods like West Town, directly illustrating how urbanization,...

Bicameral legislation to designate Route 66 as a National Historic Trail has advanced through key committees, coinciding with the highway's centennial...

A curator-led tour of unpublished Edward S. Curtis photographs at Española's Bond House Museum offers a chance to examine how exhibits portray...

Gaylord College marks five years of Route 66 work through an Oct. 16 symposium and showcase at OU.

• 3:30 p.m. symposium features academic talks on...

Take Your Seat on Route 66 reinterprets the highway’s memory for the centennial by placing large-format photography and personal stories in Toronto...

Bobby Troup's 1946 cross-country trip with his wife on US 66 inspired the enduring song after she suggested the title and he plotted towns from a map....

Route 66 shifted fuel retail from hardware-store curbside pumps to sprawling, full-service roadside destinations offering food, drinks, and...

Tom Emery’s Stories from Route 66 in Central Illinois spotlights daily-life impacts, early road dangers like hairpin curves and curbing that earned...

Whose voices does an Italian filmmaker select as custodians of Route 66 memory?

• Twelve Americans anchor the film, from motel owners and Mirna...

The Bagdad Cafe stands as a stark case study in the fragility of privately operated Route 66 heritage sites, its kitchen now closed and future...

Historians reconstruct Route 66's evolving Missouri paths and meanings through archival records, as explored in an upcoming discussion by Kathleen...