It was an okay experience. It's more for train enthusiasts obviously. I'm not so much, but if that's your thing ya might like it. 😊
- Wendy C. Verified
Response from Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum Thanks Wendy. We also find that a lot of people who like local history enjoy our museum, and that even people who don... Read More
Great place! Great volunteers. We loved going with our 11-year-old
- Wayne N Verified
Beautiful all volunteer museum. Cheap and fun outing
- Garrett Zimmerman Verified
railstoruin left a 5 star review!
- railstoruin Verified
Nivedhitha Bharath left a 3 star review!
- Nivedhitha Bharath Verified
This is a great stop if you're visiting the area! There's lots of photos and exhibits about the trolleys that were once an important lifeline to the area. There's also an old caboose to explore. It's entirely run by volunteers who care about preserving the history and it shows. Even includes a trolley ride on a preserved trolley. Very accessible for people with mobility issues; you can even take a wheelchair in the trolley. Overall very cool.
- Ryan Akerley Verified
The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum is small but quaint. The main office contains the usual train paraphernalia and two working train sets ( Lionel and HO scale ) to play with. The staff was very friendly and informative. In the yard there are a few Boston MBTA trolley in disrepair. The site of them brought me back to the days when I would ride them to school. The totally refurbished and working yellow trolley is a masterpiece of when things were made well and meant to last. I appreciated the iron works and the masterfully constructed wooden interior. The manual train cart give visitors the change to experience of knowing what it takes to get the cart going and stopping. The tickets to ride the trolley are very reasonable and I would recommend anyone visiting the area to make this one of their stops.
- Aram Hazerjian Verified
Kimberly George left a 3 star review!
- Kimberly George Verified
It was quiet this time I went but the last time we took the trolley ride and did rail ride and it was lots if fun for both kids and adults
- maryellen hussey Verified
Lara Drizd left a 5 star review!
- Lara Drizd Verified
LD left a 5 star review!
- LD Verified
Fun place to visit with a very knowledgeable and dedicated volunteer staff. It was nice to see and hear about some of the history of the area. Recomend!
- Joyce Powers Verified
wonderful little museum run by a very friendly and informative team of volunteers. highly recommend riding the trolley (or paying $20 to drive it yourself!) and the pump car
- Aysha Zackria Verified
$5 admission for an amazing experience!!! We got to ride on the pump cart, trolley, Putt-Putt car, see and walk through the caboose, and view their interactive exhibits in the small attached museum. All of the volunteers there were incredibly friendly, and even went out of their way to answer questions and show us pieces including the splitter from the electric line the trolley uses. A fascinating experience in a unique hands-on setting that lets you really interact with these historic pieces. We were there around 3:00 p.m. on a Saturday in July and there were very few others around so we had full run of the place. Majorly recommended for all. Also a beautiful location.
- Caroline DeBrota Verified
A very small but very friendly and cool place to visit. We absolutely loved stopping here.
- S T Verified
Heather Simon left a 5 star review!
- Heather Simon Verified
Great experience! Brought back old memories of my railroad family. Thanks! I highly recommend this!
- Tim O'neil Verified
We had so much fun there today!!! Go here it is fun
- P.trainman1957 Smith Verified
Brian O'Leary left a 5 star review!
- Brian O'Leary Verified
While this museum is small, is it not one to miss when visiting the area. The staff of volunteers are all so knowledgeable on the equipment and history. In the visitor's center, there are small activities for children (and fun adults) to take part in such as coloring, learning morse code, and trains. The restored caboose that sits outside is a sight to see and explore. Lastly, the pumpcar and 15 minute trolly ride are fun! I would leave the trolly ride for last though!
- Natalie Taormina Verified