Gaithersburg Community Museum — Attraction in Gaithersburg

This is wonderful place for children, my kids are 1 and 4 years old they are a little bit too small for the museum house but the train part, they were enjoy wooden train track, magnetic trains, hook-on trains, lot of cars, ambulances, tunnels, bridges, lego trains, engineers' costume, chef's costume with abundant of cooking toys, crayon, coloring books, story books. By the way museum house is wonderful with hands on things like, beans to weights on sliding scale, coloring pages/books, crayons, chalks with boards, maps, globes, maze game, other games and all kind of interesting stuff like cashier, manual calculator, and most of all, there were running by wonderful ladies, one is Luis if I did not spell wrong but the 2 others, I forgot to ask theirs name. They all are so kind and fun, they all are friendly, informative, and make you feel so welcome. :) And by this fall, there will be a fountain play, could not wait!!!! If you come by here, don't forget to swing by griffin park, and every Thursday all summer long there will be shows on stage Gaithersburg pavilion, near by there is Fire Museum which will only open on Saturday. And don't forget to check out Constitution...

Such a cute, free museum with friendly staff and parking next to it. Perfect for a hot day! My daughter (almost 6) loved doing the scavenger hunt in the museum (get a prize) and checking out the different stations. Then the caboose was a huge hit! We played with the tools and huge wood dominos the entire time. Hours are longer in the summer and match the great splash pad with seating! Plus lots of real train activity to hear and watch! Ask to take a peak in the Silver Train to see the miniature set with buttons to push. We visited on a weekday afternoon. Wish we knew about the coffee shop next door that closes...

We took our 3 & 4 year old kids to this museum. We weren’t sure how interested they’d be, but decided to check it out. It was SO much fun for them! They loved doing the scavenger hunt, playing with fake money, stamping train tickets, playing in the school room, and exploring the general store area. The caboose with the play area was also a big hit. For me, there was also a lot of really neat history facts about this area. Plus, it’s all AIR CONDITIONED!! It was a lot of fun & we’re looking forward to visiting again and discovering even more...