The Railroad Museum has the largest restored railroad collection in the southwest and is among the five largest of its kind in the United States. These exhibits and displays, viewed on self-guided tours, make up the Museum's primary offering.
Visitors can walk through passenger cars and climb aboard two of the steam engines.
Three baggage cars and a coach have been remodeled, and now house protected exhibits of railroad artifacts and photographs. Using telephone receivers, visitors can eavesdrop on conversations about travel, sports, politics, economics, commerce and other topics pertaining to Galvestonians in the 1930's. Exhibits of railroad china are also on display in this area. Volunteers have an opportunity to indulge their railroading passion by assisting in maintaining the engines and rolling stock, or by acting as docents for visiting groups, or in working on the model railroad under construction in one of the theater rooms. The Museum facilities can be rented for a variety of activities, including birthday parties, wedding receptions, Pullman parties and sleep-overs, scavenger hunts, and other private parties.