Interurban Railway Museum — Attraction in Plano

My wife, son (8) and I went to the museum as we enjoy transportation related activities. As we walked in, an older woman with an accent told us to sign the book. (This was our greeting as we were the only people in the lobby) she gave us a brief history on the lobby area. We went into the main area which was a very interactive . Several buttons and switches for kids to press. An older gentleman came out as we looked around. His interpersonal skills were lacking. While I tried to explain things in a manner our 8 year old son could understand, he pipes up explaining how the system works on a level far higher than my son could understand. My son moved to a panel with several push buttons. He began to do what most kids do, press the buttons. He yelled over for our son to stop pushing the buttons since the tv monitor was not turned on. (The museum had been open for 25 minutes now.) We told the man our son didn't know. After the tv came on he said he could press botton #2. We had no interest in this activity now. There was a nice miniture rail road with 2 trains. He had the female turn the only working train on complaining there was a Boy Scout Troop there earlier.

We decided we wanted to go outside and look at the train car. He stated he needed more people for the tour. While he rounded up other guests, our son was playing on an interactive station where you plug in Jack's to different outlets. We started to go to the outside train as he yells to our son to unplug the jack. (As if he was supposed to know this.)

By this time we had no desire to be around this man made us feel more of a burden than guest. We went to the playground next door where our son had a great experience.

I guess I can't complain, the...

Took my 2.5 year old and from the moment we got there, the historians there, were super knowledgeable, and above that, you could tell how much they took pride, care in and of the museum. They walked us through each “experiment” showing us how it worked and what it was showing us…lots of neat magnets, switches, buttons to press, all about the science of electrical stuff, movement, and of course how electric trains work-generally speaking. I wish I had paid closer attention to the two men who were the docents today because they were wonderful to speak with and even really engaging with my little one too. I mean…my boy got to “drive a train” today!!! He’s be telling everyone!!🫶🏼👍🏼 Fantastic little museum-high five Plano !

P. S. A nice playground can be found at the park where you will also...

We had such a great time visiting here. This building is historic to Plano and was built in 1908! The people working here were so fun and knowledgeable about the site and everything to do with trains. Even though the building is small, it felt like a full on museum experience with all the information and interactive stations they offered. We learned so much! Seeing the items that were used back in the early 1900's really made me feel in awe of how hard working people were back then and didn't even know it! We have come such a long way, technology wise, in the last hundred years it's almost unbelievable. Thank you for offering this...