On Tuesday, December 3rd, the world is celebrating #GivingTuesday, a global generosity movement and day of giving. Seashore Trolley Museum is raising funds on GivingTuesday to support rebuilding the trucks of the Montreal Tramways Golden Chariot Observation Car #2. Please support our mission and contribute! We will not be able to operate the […]
This year Christmas Prelude at Seashore Trolley Museum will take place eight days instead of our usual six! Trolleys will operate six days, and the model railroad exhibit will be open all eight days. Christmas Prelude Trolley Rides: Friday-Sunday December 6-8 and 13-15 Come out to the Seashore Trolley Museum for a special winter […]
The New England Electric Railway Historical Society, d/b/a Seashore Trolley Museum and the National Streetcar Museum at Lowell, invites those who can demonstrate they will meet and exceed all Trustee roles, expectations, and goals to apply for a Trustee position on the Board of Trustees. The application period for the position of Appointed or […]
Have you been thinking about becoming a Seashore Trolley Museum volunteer? Join us on Saturday, November 16 from 2PM-5PM to learn more about the seasonal and year-round volunteer opportunities available this winter and during our 2025 season. Volunteer opportunities include: * Restoring and maintaining our trolleys and other transit vehicles in our Restoration Shop […]
Please join us in officially welcoming Jackson Seeberg to our professional staff team. Jackson, our new Museum Educator for our Model Railroad Building, originally comes from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and has always been passionate about history, developing a deep love for American history at an early age. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in […]
Join Seashore Trolley Museum in beautiful Kennebunkport, Maine for our 26th Annual Pumpkin Patch Trolley, taking place Friday-Sunday September 27-29, Friday-Sunday October 4-6, Friday-Monday October 11-14, and Friday-Sunday October 18-20. This event is the perfect fall event for families and friends of all ages to enjoy! Trolley rides to the pumpkin patch depart on our […]
This is Seashore’s 85th season and we hope you will help celebrate the world’s first and largest trolley museum in 2024. Our 85th Anniversary Celebration is taking place Labor Day Weekend, Saturday-Sunday August 31 & September 1st. The following events and programs are planned: Saturday, August 31 All Day: Library Book Sale! @ 10AM: South Boston […]
The Maine Central Model Railroad, created by Helen & Harold Beal, is now open for guests to enjoy during our regular admission hours. Volunteers are busy unpacking the layout and getting all 500 locomotives and train cars in operating condition, as well as patching up the moving scars throughout the layout’s landscape. Local artist […]
Seashore Trolley Museum will join museums nationwide again this season in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The 2024 program will begin on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 18, 2024, and end on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2024. […]
All aboard! Seashore Trolley Museum is opening for its 85th season on Saturday, May 4th from 9:30AM-4:30PM. The world’s first and largest electric railway museum will be open weekends in May, and Wednesdays-Sundays from June 1st through Halloween. Experience history in motion through interactive trolley rides aboard the museum’s heritage electric railroad, which once served as […]