Locomotive #374 which hauled the first transcontinental passenger train into Vancouver in 1887 stood in a place of honour outside the Roundhouse.

The "Golden age of Ingenuity" focused on the industrious transportation pioneers that took humanity from steam power to flight in just over a century.  Inside, live performers rode overhead in actual contraptions that never made it to the assembly line.  Through telescopes, visitors could view short, animated films about real and imaginary modes of transportation.

The "Retrospective Corridor" was lined with golden statues of anonymous inventors holding their implausible inventions.

Archival footage gathered around the world celebrated humorous moments in the failures -- and successes -- of some turn-of-the-century technical pioneers.

An International competition was held to design the interior of this pavilion.  Czechoslovakia's Art Centrum won.