Railroad Museum Presents June Programs

RJ Hamster

1 year ago

This first full month of summer brings an exciting schedule of activities to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

● SENSORY HOURS. Tuesday, June 13 and Tuesday, June 27. The Museum reduces lighting and sounds and maintains a low attendance, with quiet spaces set up for breaks, for children and other individuals with special sensory needs. A few of the historic trains will be open, with Museum staff present to answer questions. The cost is $7.00 per person for ages 3 and up and is free of charge for ages 2 and under, personal assistant aides and current members of the Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

● RAILROADING MERIT BADGE WORKSHOP. SOLD OUT.

Saturday, June 17. For ages 11 to 17. The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is the perfect setting for boys and girls to learn and earn the railroading merit badge through the use of historic artifacts and images, model trains and behind the scenes tours. The cost is $24.00 for a 2 pack — 1 individual scout and 1 adult — and $54.00 for a 4 pack — 3 individual scouts and 1 adult.

● READING RAILROAD DAYS. Wednesday, June 28 to Sunday, July 2. Also Wednesday, July 5 to Saturday, July 8. This annual event highlights the historic Reading Railroad with an enormous, detailed HO scale model train layout of the Reading Railroad, operated by members of the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. Visitors also may view historic Reading Company equipment from the Museum’s premier collection. Included in the regular Museum admission.

Deadlines are fast approaching for these events!

● ADIRONDACKS RAMBLE. Wednesday, October 4 through Saturday, October 7.

The deadline for registration is June 4. Please call after the deadline to check for availability. During this custom-designed trip to scenic upstate New York, you’ll ride the Adirondack Scenic Railroad and the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad and enjoy a guided tour of Great Camp Sagamore, a dinner cruise on Racquette Lake, a visit to the Adirondack Experience museum and a visit to Steamtown national historic site.

Also included is roundtrip motorcoach transportation from central Pennsylvania, three nights hotel accommodations, three breakfasts, three lunches and three dinners. The rate for current members of the FRM begins at $1,489.00 per person. The non-member rate begins at $1,534.00 per person.

Download the brochure/registration form

● BARONS & BUILDERS SUMMER DAY CAMP. Tuesday, July 11 to Friday, July 14, for ages 9 and 10. The deadline for registration is June 16.

Tuesday, July 25 to Friday, July 28, for ages 11 and 12.

SOLD OUT.

Campers develop new skills, make friends and have fun when they explore the Museum’s historic railroad equipment on special guided tours, view the Museum’s collections treasures, learn about careers in railroading and collaborate with other campers to solve challenges.

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is home to a world-class collection of about 100 historic locomotives and railroad cars, a vast research library and archives, a working restoration shop, an immersive education center and programs, a Museum store and special events and exhibits.

A Smithsonian Affiliate, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is one of 24 historic sites and museums administered by the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission as part of the Pennsylvania Trails of History®, with the active support of the nonprofit Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

300 Gap Road, PA Route 741, P. O. Box 125

Strasburg, Lancaster County, PA 17579

RRMuseumPA.org • (717) 687-8628

● RAILROADING MERIT BADGE WORKSHOP. SOLD OUT.

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