The National Capital Trolley Museum is bubbling with anticipation for its annual Trolley-ween event, a spooktacular afternoon of happy haunts and not-so-scary surprises that the whole family can enjoy ahead of Halloween!

October 25 from 11 am to 5 pm

October 26 from 10 am to 3 pm

• Halloween-themed decorated street cars in Street Car Hall

• Halloween-themed scavenger hunt with prizes

• Paint/decorate your own pumpkin (nominal additional fee - while supplies last)

• Costumes are encouraged; kids in costume will receive a treat

• Unlimited street car rides

Advanced general admission tickets are strongly encouraged for this event and may be purchased now. Please note that family & friends and membership passes are not valid for this event.

The National Capital Trolley Museum is bubbling with anticipation for its annual Trolley-ween event, a spooktacular afternoon of happy haunts and not-so-scary surprises that the whole family can enjoy ahead of Halloween!

October 25 from 11 am to 5 pm

October 26 from 10 am to 3 pm

• Halloween-themed decorated street cars in Street Car Hall

• Halloween-themed scavenger hunt with prizes

• Paint/decorate your own pumpkin (nominal additional fee - while supplies last)

• Costumes are encouraged; kids in costume will receive a treat

• Unlimited street car rides

Advanced general admission tickets are strongly encouraged for this event and may be purchased now. Please note that family & friends and membership passes are not valid for this event.

Sip Rock & Ride - Sunday September 28 4-7 pm

Admission: $12 per person (Sorry; no reduced fares and passes are not valid). Reservations recommended.

Featuring

Free parking

Live music with Melanie and Will

Dancing

Trolley rides on historic trolleys

Virtual trolley rides with VR headset

Access to several display trolleys

Food and drinks for sale

Vendors:  Urban Winery (Silver Spring) and Third Hill Brewery (Silver Spring)

All aboard the Hippity-Hop Trolley!

Celebrate the return of spring with a special family Sunday at the National Capital Trolley Museum. Visit with a big Bunny on your street car ride, take a photo, then enjoy special family activities in the museum including crafts and a scavenger hunt.

Reservations are REQUIRED for this event!

All aboard the Hippity-Hop Trolley!

Celebrate the return of spring with a special family weekend at the National Capital Trolley Museum. Visit with a big Bunny on your street car ride, take a photo, then enjoy special family activities in the museum including crafts and a scavenger hunt.

Reservations are REQUIRED for this event!

In 1854, 101 years before Rosa Parks’ protest in Montgomery, Alabama, school teacher Elizabeth Jennings was forcibly ejected from a Third Avenue Railway Co. horse-drawn street car in New York City because she was Black. Following this experience, she decided to fight racial discrimination on public transit in court and won, which led to the permanent desegregation of Third Ave. Rail Co.’s street car service. Find out more about Elizabeth and other amazing trailblazing women in transit history at this month’s All Aboard! with crafts and objects from NCTM’s collection!

All Aboard! is NCTM’s monthly family program series. Every first Saturday of the month, join us to learn about a new topic of transit history through hands-on learning, scientific experimentation, creating art, and more! Designed for ages 4 and up, younger children may succeed with adult assistance.

Join us in the museum auditorium for a pre-recorded showing of a discussion led by Eric Madison on the origins of segregation on streetcars beginning in the 19th century and the attempts made nationwide to challenge both the custom and later the codification of "separate but equal" practices.

This program is included with regular museum admission. Showing begins at 1pm, so please plan your visit accordingly.

About Eric Madison

Since 1998, Mr. Madison has been a volunteer streetcar operator with the National Capital Trolley Museum in Colesville, MD since 1998 and serves in multiple roles which includes being a member of the Board of Trustees, Museum's Safety Officer and Superintendent of Railway Operations, and Museum Secretary. In addition to his volunteer work with the museum, Mr. Madison has an extensive career in transit, with a focus on rail transit safety and oversight of heavy rail, light rail and streetcar systems. Over the course of his transit career he has worked for the D.C. Department of Transportation's Office of Mass Transit, where he conducted planning for the D.C. Streetcar and served as a State Safety Oversight Program Manager for safety oversight of the Washington Metrorail system. He then served as a Team Lead with the Department of Defense to coordinate shuttle, transit, and commuter bus operations for the Pentagon and Mark Center in Virginia. Following the Department of Defense, he worked as a Program Manager for the FTA's Office of Transit Safety and Oversight to provide program and technical support to 14 State Safety Oversight programs around the country. Currently, he serves as a Senior Consultant with Dovetail Consulting as a safety and security expert on State Safety Oversight Agency projects and for rail transit agency clients.

Did you know street cars delivered more than people? Find out more about how street car service and other forms of transit historically — and currently — provide transport for all our letters and packages! Then make a street car Valentine to take home and send to a special person in your life!

All Aboard! is NCTM’s monthly family program series. Every first Saturday of the month, join us to learn about a new topic of transit history through hands-on learning, scientific experimentation, creating art, and more! Designed for ages 4 and up, younger children may succeed with adult assistance.

Celebrate 100 years (1862-1962) of street car history in the DC area with special street car rides, family-friendly activities, and opportunities to explore objects from the archive.

For 100 years, street cars represented the most widely used public transit in the DC area. Street cars moved millions of people, connected communities, were the backdrop for social justice movements, and built a lasting legacy in the public transit we have today. Celebrate with the National Capital Trolley Museum on January 27th from 12-5pm, and enjoy family-friendly and railfan activities related the 100 years of streetcar service in the Nation’s Capital!

Join us for:

• A line-up of our Washington, D.C. streetcar collection, with chances to see select streetcars in operation — including CTCo 522 and CTCo 09, celebrating their 126th and 125th birthdays this year!

• A special first look at the progress on CTCo 27, currently undergoing restoration!

• Family activities including up-close interactions with objects from our archival collection.

• Lots of photo opportunities throughout the day!

• And more!

(Please note: As always, the operation of our streetcar collection is dependent on weather conditions)

Put on your engineering caps and get ready to solve one of the trickiest problems for DC street car workers — snow! Check out our own 125-year-old snowsweeper #09 in Street Car Hall. Then visit the activity room to construct your own snow-moving solutions successfully plow the "snow" away!

All Aboard! is NCTM’s monthly family program series. Every first Saturday of the month, join us to learn about a new topic of transit history through hands-on learning, scientific experimentation, creating art, and more! Designed for ages 4 and up, younger children may succeed with adult assistance.