Boxcar Museum — Attraction in Putnam

This is a wonderful small museum in a box car. The author lived down the street and the school she taught at was a block away. This museum has pictures of the town over the years, a small naturalist section that is hands on for the kids, items from the books, the authors desk and type writer and more. Quite a lot of information for a small place and the volunteer...

A small museum, but every inch is fascinating for both children and adults. Extremely pleasant and helpful staff. Our daughter and her family were visiting from California and were not sure if they would be able to visit during open hours. The museum offered to open on other days if necessary. It wasn’t, but were impressed by the offer. This...

This was a great experience. Barbara was very knowledgeable about the exhibits and local history that's relative to Gertrude Warner. Our kids were able to experience some of Gertrude's methods of teaching through imaginary play. She was certainly ahead of her time! This place deserves a spot on your family...