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Dinosaur Park Comes to the Train Station

September 6 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Free

Dinosaur Park

 

Sunday, September 6, 10 am – 2 pm (pop-up museum from 11 am – 1 pm)

Stop by the station to learn about Maryland dinosaurs from the paleontologists from Dinosaur Park!

We welcome a pop-up museum from 11 am – 1 pm courtesy of M-NCPPC, Department of Parks and Recreation.

Ongoing Activities

  • Take a self-guided tour outside & inside the station.
  • “Train Spot” under the canopy! See locomotives galore! Wave at the engineers!
  • Indoors, enjoy the HO-scale model train display courtesy of the Rockville Model Railroad Society.
  • Play with wooden toy train sets.
  • Visit the station manager’s ticket office and 1945 telephone booth.
  • See railroad photos & memorabilia, including the original B&O “Drumhead,” along with photos & memorabilia of the original Downtown Silver Spring.

This station is in the National Register of Historic Places, a Montgomery County Historic Site, and a gem in Silver Spring’s Arts & Entertainment District.

 

 

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