At Home Activities
Check out our growing collection of printable, educational activities, coloring pages, and crafts! Great for additional classroom activities, homeschool resources, or to get ready for your next trip to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.
Junior Conductor Packets
Become a Junior Conductor at home or in the classroom! Learn about all different kinds of trolley parts, discover new trolley terminology, and investigate one of the most electrifying periods in American History!
There are two packets available for children grades K-2 and 3rd-6th.
Coloring Pages
Print out the coloring pages below, then share your colorful creations with us on social media! Use #PTMathome and #PTMcoloringpages to share your artwork with us!
History In Action
History isn’t just something you read about in a textbook or learn about at school. We live and make history each and every day! Create a timeline of your very own that documents your OWN history.
Printable Activities
Scavenger Hunt
Trolleys are just one of many different kinds of transportation. How many different modes of transportation can you think of? How many different kinds of transportation do you use in y our everyday life? Print out this Transportation Scavenger Hunt and use it on your next visit to the museum or on your next family road trip!
Trolley Fare Activity
Did you know that instead of using money, passengers used special tokens to ride a trolley? One of the many jobs that a trolley conductor had was to collect fare, which included punching tickets, collecting money, and managing fare boxes for tokens. The price of tickets and tokens has also changed significantly over the years!
STEAM @ Home Activities
Activities for you and your young scientists, engineers, artists, and those young at heart to try at home!
