May Events at CT Trolley Museum
May 13th– Fire Truck Show & First Responders Day– This event will give visitors the opportunity to get up close and personal with all aspects of the firefighting industry. During your visit you will also learn more about the Fire Truck Museum’s collection (their museum is at the Connecticut Trolley Museum!) along with local first responders’ equipment and vehicles. Meet first responders and learn what their job entails. This event is a great opportunity to support, honor and thank first responders for the difficult job they do every day. Don’t miss your opportunity to sit in real fire trucks, try on firefighter’s turnout gear, and take home a souvenir kid’s fire fighter hat. Kids will enjoy crafts and hands-on activities! Additionally, take a trolley ride on one of the Museum’s antique trolleys, navigate through the Visitors Center packed full of historic trolleys and dress up as a junior motorman at the imagination station. The Museum will be open 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM with first responders and equipment activities and demonstrations from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Admission prices are $13 for ages over 2. Museum Members are half off admission and ages under 2 are free.
May 14th– Mother’s Day-Spend a few hours with the family while enjoying all the Trolley Museum has to offer. Take a trolley ride operated by period dressed motormen. Learn historic information about each car you ride and how the museum began. Inside the Visitor Center you will find more static trolley cars and artifacts, a theater showing a short film about trolleys and a gift shop to buy that ‘special’ souvenir. On the same grounds is the Connecticut Fire Truck Museum complete with antique fire trucks and apparatus. All activities and Fire Truck Museum entrance is included with your admission price. The Museum will honor mothers and grandmothers with free admission with a paid adult or child admission. Admission is $12.00 for adults, $11.00 for seniors 62 and up, $11.00 for youth ages 12-17 and $9.00 for ages 2-11.
May 29th– Memorial Day-Join us to remember those who sacrificed for our country! Take a trolley ride operated by period dressed motormen. Learn historic information about each car you ride and how the museum began. Inside the Visitor Center you will find more static trolley cars and artifacts. Don’t forget to visit the gift shop on the way out to buy that ‘special’ souvenir. Additionally, make your own junior motorman hat and dress-up as a motorman at the Imagination Center! On the same grounds as the Trolley Museum is the Connecticut Fire Museum complete with antique fire trucks and apparatus. All activities and Fire Truck Museum entrance is included with your admission cost. The Museum will honor all Military Personnel including Veterans free admission. Military ID or paperwork must be shown to receive free admission. Admission is $12.00 for adults, $11.00 for seniors 62 and up, $11.00 for youth ages 12-17 and $9.00 for ages 2-11
The Connecticut Trolley Museum is located at 58 North Road (Rt. 140) and is a short 15 minutes north of Hartford or a short 15 minutes south of Springfield. Visit www.ct-trolley.org for more information.
Connecticut Trolley Museum
58 North Rd
PO Box 360
East Windsor, CT 06088
860-627-6540