Extreme STEAM Camp

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum 1 Electric Way, Washington, PA, United States

**New Camp!* Unleash your inner innovator! Discover how science, history, and technology come together as we explore the past and plan for the future! Design and build electrifying inventions for a new “Smart Streetcar” using Makey Makey technology and then whip up a fresh batch of conductive playdough. Dive into computer programming with Sphero Robotics to drive through obstacle […]

Event Series Trolleyology

Trolleyology: Meet Me Beneath Public Square: The Saga of Cleveland’s Subways

This presentation will address various plans to build a Cleveland subway. It will look at three distinct periods of time (Progressive Era, 1920s, 1950s) when planning reached a fairly advanced stage and the people of Cleveland voted on whether or not to go forward with construction. Despite the optimism of their promoters, only one small subway was ever built. We will look at the subway that got built, and two “near misses” that got away…

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LEGO® Camp

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum 1 Electric Way, Washington, PA, United States

Join us for a week of LEGO® themed building challenges, artistic creations, and fun! Learn about the world of engineering while building models and testing simple machines. Create a brick self-portrait, then try painting with LEGO® bricks! Investigate different modes of transportation, then plan and design a brick town and trolley park with the help […]

A Collection of Nearly 50 Cars and Counting

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