Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Programs
Stegosaurus to Steam
Kids in grades K-5 can come and learn how we go from dinosaurs and ancient plants to the coal that powers the trains in our museum. They will interact with fossils, coal, and culminate with seeing a model steam engine run. Learn the story behind the black rock that powered Pennsylvania.
Date
Time
Library
6/12/2026
10:30am
Eastern Lancaster County Library
6/12/2026
1:30pm
Quarryville Library
6/16/2026
1:00pm
Manheim Township Public Library
6/16/2026
4:00pm
Lancaster Public Library
6/25/2026
10:30am
Milanof-Schock Library
6/25/2026
1:30pm
Mountville Branch Library
6/26/2026
10:30am
Intercourse Library
8/04/2026
10:30am
Columbia Public Library
8/04/2026
1:30pm
Elizabethtown Public Library
8/11/2026
1:30pm
Moores Memorial Library
8/12/2026
1:00pm
Ephrata Public Library
Working on the Railroad
Participants will be able to interact with many hands-on visual aids and artifacts, like tools, lanterns, uniform items, dining car china, and ticket punches, to explore the various jobs in railroading.
Date
Time
Library
6/26/2026
1:30pm
Adamstown Area Library
K-NEX Rail Lab
Working in small groups, students use K’NEX building kits and other learning aids to explore the engineering behind railroad bridges.
Date
Time
Library
8/6/2026
1:00pm
Lititz Public Library
8/6/2026
4:00pm
Manheim Community Library
8/11/2026
10:30am
Strasburg-Heisler Library