Railroad Family Days

August 12 - 15, 2009

Lots to Do.
Sing along with popular railroad songs, enjoy legendary railroad stories, view operating model railroad layouts and displays, make take-home crafts and learn important railroad safety messages, along with a variety of other activities designed especially for families. See the program details here.

Hogwarts Express Party.
The Museum will begin registering children in June for special Hogwarts Express Parties that will take place at the Museum on August 14 and 15. Print out the party program leaflet for more information and registration.

Kids are encouraged to dress like their favorite Harry Potter character for a reading from a J. K. Rowling novel in one of the Museum’s historic coaches. They will be amazed as they create and sample especially horrible potions and fashion a Hogwarts-inspired take-home craft.

Advance registration, with a $10 per child fee ($5 per child for Museum members), is required. Hogwarts Express Parties are offered on a first come basis. Recommended for children ages 8 to 13. Registration begins June 15, 2009.

Railroad Family Day also will feature many activities, especially suited for pre-school to middle school age children and their families.  Museum visitors will enjoy the fascinating, world-class collection of more than 100 historic locomotives and railroad cars, the outdoor Restoration Yard—conditions permitting—Stewart Junction interactive railway education center, Steinman Station early 20th century replica passenger depot, the hands-on freight engine cab simulator, a railroad bridges gallery exhibit and the Whistle Stop Shop museum store.  Most Railroad Family Day activities are included in the regular Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania admission prices.