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The STEAM Station La Grange

The Education Department of the La Grange Railroad Museum and Learning Center! empowering kids to turn "How does this work?" into "Look what I discovered!"
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10/24/2026

Join us today for the spooky caboose and trunk or treat at the Lagrange railroad museum and S.T.E.A.M. Station! Enter for your chance to win this lovely wooden three piece train.

10/09/2026

Going on now! Come join the pumpkin funnn!

10/08/2026

Join us tomorrow!!!

10/05/2026

10/02/2026

Found a daddy long-legs hanging out on the doorframe and turned it into an impromptu science lesson instead of just shooing it away. 🕷️🔍

We pulled out the screen for once in a genuinely useful way — looked it up together and learned those long legs aren't for speed, they're sensory tools packed with receptors for feeling vibration and finding their way around. Also: despite the name and the look, it's not actually a spider — no venom, no silk, just eight legs doing their own thing. (Honestly, I learned as much as she did.)

Science doesn't always show up in a kit. Sometimes it's a bug on the doorframe and five minutes of curiosity.

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09/28/2026

🚆 Ernie's Lil Engines has a brand NEW LOOK!

Join us for a FREE STEAM-focused playgroup designed to boost school readiness, creativity, and social-emotional skills for babies through Pre-K (all ages welcome!).

📅 When: Tuesdays, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Where: La Grange Railroad Museum & Learning Center / The S.T.E.A.M. Station
September Weekly Themes:
🚂 Sept 1: Trains
🏗️ Sept 8: Construction
⚽ Sept 15: Sports
🐝 Sept 22: Bees
🏕️ Sept 29: Camping

Come connect, play, and learn together—no registration required! See you there! 👋🎨

09/27/2026

Bath time turned into a whole science unit.
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The sea creatures that floated versus the ones that sank straight to the bottom — buoyancy, density, real physics, no textbook needed. Sorting the lizards by color, lining them up same-to-same — pattern recognition and early math. Counting how many octopuses versus how many turtles — basic quantity and comparison, worked out one bath toy at a time.

Science. Technology. Engineering. Art. Math. All of it was already there in a tub full of plastic animals — no flashcards required.

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Address

412 E Main Street
La Grange, KY
40031

Telephone

(502)4430193

Website

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/the-s-t-e-a-m-station-la-grange, https://lagrangerailroadmuseum.org/, https://

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