Seashore Trolley Museum

09/02/2026

Our Restoration Apprentice Metis Tucker is heading back to Rhode Island School of Design; today’s her last day with us. She helped us with our Nagasaki 134 restoration in 2019 and came back to help us finish this summer. She also helped us maintain the controllers in Connecticut 303 & 1160. Please join us in wishing her well her junior year!

09/02/2026

Please join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to our Museum Store Associate Joan!

09/02/2026

All Aboard! We’re open today-Sunday 9:30AM-4:30PM. The last trolley departs on our heritage railway at 3:45PM. We hope you’ll join us 🙂🚃🐐🎉

09/01/2026

It’s playground o’clock and we’re pouring the rest of the concrete today! Thank you to Rick Whetstone, Alan Parks, John Ware, Seth Reed, and even Seashore’s Cake Artist is helping (she’s smoothing out the concrete surfaces; a very transferable skill). We’ll be installing 6” of playground mulch next week. Unfortunately, we received an incorrect slide, see the last picture for why, so we’re waiting for the manufacturer to send a replacement. When that happens, we will be able to open this up to guests to enjoy!

09/01/2026

Seashore Members: September is Membership Reciprocity Month at the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine!

Seashore has a new community partner, the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine. In September, Seashore members get free admission to CMTM!

Active Seashore Trolley Museum members receive free general admission for up to four people per membership at CMTM.

Regular CMTM admission rates will apply to any additional visitors.

Proof of membership (physical or digital membership card) is required at check-in at the welcome desk upon arrival. If you need another copy of your Seashore membership card, please email our Membership Secretary Connie Garland at [email protected]

This reciprocal benefit is valid for general museum admission only and does not include: CMTM Special events, Museum Store purchases or Theatre Show.

No reservation is required.

08/31/2026

This week at Seashore Trolley Museum:

We’re open to the general public Wednesday-Sunday 9:30AM-4:30PM. The last trolley departs on our heritage railway at 3:45PM.

Saturday/Sunday September 5 & 6: Join us for our last Dino Trolley of the 2026 season. Dinosaurs AND trolleys?! Win Win!

Another win: It just so happens that September 5 & 6 is also Teacher Appreciation Weekend at Seashore! All teachers get free admission and there is a special ticket on our website (linked below) that teachers can select to get a free ticket.

Rides on the Dino Trolley depart from our Visitors Center at 9:45AM,10:30AM, 11:15AM, 12:00PM, 12:45PM, 1:30PM, 2:15PM and 3:00PM. Back at our Visitors Center and around our main campus we will have fun activities to enjoy.

Dino Trolley Activities include:

Dino Quest! Search for over 80 colorful 2D dinosaurs along your trolley ride.

Dino Big Dig! Search for dinosaur bones hidden in Seashore's very own archeological dig site!

Dino Egg Hunt! Search for dinosaur eggs across campus! Redeem your eggs in the "craft room" for a prize! This is an ongoing activity and eggs will be replenished multiple times each day.

Let's Explore Dinosaurs! A fun scavenger hunt across campus, learn more about different types of dinosaurs and stamp your dino passport along the way. Families with a fully stamped dino passport get to enter for a chance to win a free 2026-27 Family Membership to Seashore Trolley Museum!

Frozen Fossil! Snow cones with a dino gummy surprise at the bottom!

Craft Room! Make it at the event or take it home with you!

Photo Station! Take a photo with your group or family to remember the day at our dino-themed photo station.

Enjoy our Museum! Explore three carhouses filled with beautiful, restored trolleys and several other precious transit artifacts around our outdoor campus!

Crêpe Elizabeth Food Truck will be on campus each day providing late breakfast, lunch and snack!

Purchase tickets at https://dinotrolley.eventbrite.com

08/31/2026

All aboard! Take a trolley ride through history on Seashore Trolley Museum's heritage railway in beautiful Kennebunkport, Maine. We are open every Wednesday-Sunday from 9:30AM-4:30PM through October 25.

Explore three carhouses with beautifully restored trolleys and other transit artifacts on display, our restoration shop viewing gallery, several outdoor exhibits and displays, the Maine Central Model Railroad exhibit & building, AND the best part; trolley rides on our heritage electric railway!

For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, visit https://trolleymuseum.org.

Seashore Trolley Museum is the world's first and largest electric railway museum, with over 350 vehicles that span decades of public transportation history.

08/31/2026

Please join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to the Chair of our Board of Trustees and Superintendent of Overhead Infrastructure, Rob Drye!

08/30/2026

Thank you to all who were vendors, modelers, and who visited us for Model Railroad Weekend! Great job to our Museum Educator Jackson Seeberg for organizing the event. Next up: The final 2026 Dino Trolley this Saturday and Sunday September 5 & 6!

08/30/2026

It’s Day 2 of Model Railroad Weekend! In addition to trolley rides on our heritage railway and our regular Museum offerings, check out the fun model railroad activities taking place:

All Day – Pump Car Available for Rides!

All Day – Guests operate the Maine Central Model Railroad

All Day – New Hampshire Garden Railway Society’s G-Scale layout on display outdoors in overflow field

10AM-12PM – 15-minute guided operating sessions led by Harry Fish. A sign up sheet will be located in the Maine Central Model Railroad building

1PM-3PM – N-Scale mini-diorama workshop led by Matt Keiser, Seashore Volunteer. Reserve your spot at https://modelRRdiorama.eventbrite.com

1PM-3PM – 15-minute guided operating sessions led by Harry Fish. A sign up sheet will be located in the Maine Central Model Railroad buildin