Seashore Trolley Museum — Attraction in Kennebunkport

I visited the trolley museum many times as a child, and now that I have a daughter I get to share the experience with her! We took our latest trip up on dinosaur day. There was a ticketed ride on their main "loop" where there were dinosaur cutouts to see and a shuttle between the visitor center and dino dig. During normal operations though you can ride the loop as many times as you want. There are three car barns open to the public with many rare or one of a kind trolleys inside, many of which you can climb aboard and walk through, including a double decker trolley from Scotland. There is also a restoration shop that you can walk up on a catwalk and see the trolleys they are working on (and watch them work if they are working that day). There is something for just about everyone there. Kids will enjoy the trolley ride and there's plenty of history for the adults who are interested in that (you can ask just about any of the workers/volunteers and they will tell you pretty much anything you want to know about the park or their trolleys. You also learn some fun and interesting facts about the trolley cars and trolley companies in general on your ride. You can purchase day tickets or passes. And they have special events as well. In the fall they have a pumpkin patch special where the trolley heads out to a stop at a big field that they fill with pumpkins for everyone to pick one out. In the past the pumpkins were loaded onto an old mail trolley and "shipped" back to the visitor center station where you picked up your pumpkin. I recommend a visit! It's not a bad idea to purchase tickets ahead of time, and for some of the special events it's pretty much necessary as they can sell out. It's definitely worth the trip up there. You can make it a day trip or include it on your itinerary if you are staying in the area. There are plenty of other things to do in the area like visit York Maine, old orchard beach, or head down to Kittery for the outlets. We traveled for a day trip up from the Lowell MA area and it took about an hour and a half to get there, so not too bad, and they are conveniently located about 10 minutes from 95 just off of route 1, so it's not a nightmare to...

Back in 2021 during our East Coast US motorcycle trip, this was one of the top stops in Maine on our itinerary to check out, and boy, was it sure quite a surprise! Located just an hour and a half outside of Boston, it's a nice little spot to take a break at and stretch your legs after a long drive, it's perfect for families and travelers alike. The Seashore Trolley Museum is nestled in the beautiful seaside town of Kennebunkport, they couldn't have picked a better location to base themselves at in my opinion.

The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable, their love for rail and transit preservation was evident all over the place. The collection they have is both massive and impressive at the same time ranging from Trolleys to Subways to Busses and even old Horse Carriages. Most of their collection comes from Boston, but there are a few vehicles that originate from cities in New Hampshire, Canada and even as far as France and the UK of all places which is rare to see some worldwide vehicles at a museum in the US.

The Trolley ride is a nice smooth journey around the museum grounds all the way into the woods through majestic scenery up to an old historical rail hub that's now used for special events. The journey is on a large 1.5 mile track layout, your ticket allows you to ride as many times as you like around the grounds, quite a bonus! How many people can say that they've ridden on a historic Trolley as much as they could?

As you leave, you pass through an old depot filled with lots of educational exhibits and model displays related to the days of working on the railroad and on board public transit, they even have a little TV to watch vintage films and even Thomas the Tank Engine for the kiddos which I thought was a nice touch. All in all, I'm happy to say that I would 100% recommend giving this place a visit, all the money spent goes to a good cause for restorations, acquiring more historic equipment and keeping the museum grounds alive for many more generations to come. This is a hidden gem I definitely look forward to returning to the next time...

Quite the place! Had a wonderful time on two refurbished train cars that were over 100 years old. We enjoyed two 40 min rides around the property and into the woods. The conductors on board talk a little bit of the history of the cars in about different historic places you can see at the museum.

There is one building where they physically work on and refurb the cars, and there’s other building where they just store old train cars. Majority of the cars that are in the storage shed areas you can walk in and get a feel for them, there was some that were also double-decker buses! Old and rustic.

There’s other junkyards that have old school cata buses, along with old T lines, ex. Red and Blue line.

Also go and check out the model railway trains building that’s across the parking lot from the main museum entrance. It’s all volunteer service, folks will bringing their trains in and run them around all the tracks.

Quite a fun place if you like really old train models, and even take a ride on some of the oldest railway cars! It’s amazing how they remodel and keep them in good shape, and they even run off of just electric!

FYI for the train rides, you need to purchase tickets for the ride, but one ticket is good for as many train rides as you want. The train rides are 40 minutes long, And every train ride goes off every 45 minutes.

Come and enjoy a few hours at this cute little train museum. A fun family activity. Enjoy all the photos and videos I took and...