Inc. America's only trolley museum with operating artifacts from a single city . Active in four United States wars. Site includes information about the flag, the National Anthen, Fort history, a virtual tour of the Fort, re-enactors and more. The research library and museum collections are devoted to the history of Maryland's Jewish community. View the Museum's famous HO scale model railroad which faithfully reproduces the stops from Washington's Union Station to Brunswick and its classification yard.
Children can push buttons to sound whistles, move a train, and operate crossing gates and lights.
The Maryland Historical Society Museum houses a priceless collection of recognized treasures and everyday objects which celebrate Maryland's diversity and richness. Among its more than 200,000 objects the most significant collection of Maryland cultural artifacts in the world are paintings, furniture, silver, textiles, quilts, costumes, needlework, ceramics, and glass. Dolls, toys, and sports objects provide a view of everyday life in Maryland. The National Capital Trolley Museum was founded in 1959 after the abandonment of streetcar service in the District of Columbia had become a certainty. The Museum opened to the public in 1969 at its present location in Northwest Branch Park in Montgomery County, Maryland.