Our second Hot Stove night will center around the exhibit we have on loan from The Lake States Railway Historical Association, Clinton Jones, Jr. (1944-2024): An Upper Midwest Icon of Short Line Railroading. It is a display of railroad photos taken and collected by Clint Jones featuring the railroads operating in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in […]
Zenith City Press and the Lake Superior Railroad Museum present “The Twin Ports Rail-to-Sail Connection,” an illustrated history presentation featuring Duluth historian Tony Dierckins. Adapted from Dierckins’s book, “Twin Ports Trains: The Historic Railroads of Duluth and Superior,” this talk traces the rise and decline of the “Head of the Lakes” as a vital commercial […]
Story time is cancelled due to construction noise. The Museum will remain open and offer half price admission to families. If you would still like to visit us, please follow the pink signs and enter through the side entrance under the canopy. An owl puppet craft inspired by the book, "Owl and Officer Smitty: The […]
Saturday May 9th 10am to 3pm Celebrate the 157th 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. Open from 10am-5pm, most events will wrap up by 3pm, so come early! Tentative Activities included (subject to change): Maintenance […]
Join us for story time and a toddler friendly craft from 10:00am -11:30am. We will be reading Pete the Cat's Train Trip by Kimberly and James Dean and Choo Choo School by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. 1/2 price admission $7/adults, $4/kids (3-13) Due to construction, please follow the pink signs and enter through the side entrance under […]