Every Saturday through the end of April the train museum welcomes their Trackside Quartet featuring the incredible Paul Ierino on keyboard, Jerry Siproth percussion, John Thorene on base and Randy Lee playing everything else. It’s three hours of big band hits, classic jazz favorites and modern fusion. The group’s versatility is sprinkled with interesting artist […]
Saturday May 11th 10am to 5pm Celebrate the 155th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. The Lake Superior Railroad Museum will be hosting special events to celebrate this annual holiday! Activities included: Leonard Draper Maintenance Shop open for tours Railroad speeder rides Railroad Swap Meet Engine cab tours Visiting locomotives […]
We are pleased to announce our summer exhibitions for 2024: Lloyd E. Borg’s Depot Watercolors Borg was a resident of Wayzata, Minnesota and took up watercolor painting at the age of 49. His intention was to capture disappearing American landscapes that were being forgotten as new technologies changed how Americans worked and traveled. One of […]
On Saturday, July 20th, the Lake Superior Railroad Museum will be a painting location for the annual plein air conference for the Outdoor Painters of Minnesota. Artists will be setting up their easles throughout the museum to paint trains, buildings, and more. Artwork will be on display in the museum after the event. Paintings will […]
This event is FREE, regular museum admission applies to visit the full-size trains and exhibits. Vendors will be set up at the front of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum selling model trains and accessories. Cash only. ATM is available in North Shore Scenic Railroad Lobby.