Event Series West Penn Trolley Meet

West Penn Trolley Meet

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - New Address 1 Electric Way, Washington, PA, United States

Held for the first time in the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum's new Welcome and Education Center, the West Penn Trolley Meet is back for another year! The West Penn Trolley Meet is a meet-up for trolley/traction fans and model enthusiasts that happens every other year.

Event Series Anything on Wheels

Anything on Wheels

“Anything on Wheels” is back - at our new campus at 1 Electric Way for the first time! Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9, from 10am to 4pm, come see dozens of vehicles including antique and classic cars, special use trucks, construction vehicles, and even some vintage boats on trailers. You can also ride […]

Event Series West Penn Trolley Meet

West Penn Trolley Meet

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum - New Address 1 Electric Way, Washington, PA, United States

Held for the first time in the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum's new Welcome and Education Center, the West Penn Trolley Meet is back for another year! The West Penn Trolley Meet is a meet-up for trolley/traction fans and model enthusiasts that happens every other year.

Event Series Anything on Wheels

Anything on Wheels

“Anything on Wheels” is back - at our new campus at 1 Electric Way for the first time! Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9, from 10am to 4pm, come see dozens of vehicles including antique and classic cars, special use trucks, construction vehicles, and even some vintage boats on trailers. You can also ride […]

LEGO® Camp

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

LIMITED SPACE LEFT! 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 […]

LEGO® Engineering Camp

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

Join us for a week of LEGO® themed engineering challenges! Explore the world of engineering and the forces of physics, then compete to build the tallest towers and longest bridges. Design a paper airplane launcher, construct a working claw, and race rubber band-powered cars and wind-powered boats. Finish the week off by constructing a giant […]

Way Back When Camp

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

**NEW Camp!** Take a captivating journey into the past and discover what life was like in the 1800s and early 1900s! Spend the week immersed in the traditions of old, from playing timeless children’s games to creating vintage toys. Investigate historic foods and recipes, then explore the groundbreaking inventions and technology, like the steam engine […]

BSA Engineering (New!)

Monday, July 1st 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cost: $20 per Scout, $10 per Chaperone This merit badge workshop is open to any youth in grades 6th – 12th grade and is designed to help BSA scouts meet requirements for the Engineering merit badge. We will be covering requirements 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. […]

$20.00

BSA Electricity

Monday, July 1st 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Cost: $20 per Scout, $10 per Chaperone This merit badge workshop is open to any youth in 6th – 12th grade and is designed to help BSA Scouts meet requirements for the Electricity merit badge. We will be covering requirements 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, and 11. […]

$20.00

BSA Weather

Tuesday, July 2nd 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cost: $20 per Scout, $10 per Chaperone This merit badge workshop is open to any youth in 6th – 12th grade and is designed to help BSA scouts meet requirements for the Weather merit badge. We will be covering requirements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, […]

$20.00

BSA Environmental Science

Tuesday, July 2nd 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Cost: $20 per Scout, $10 per Chaperone This merit badge workshop is open to any youth in 6th – 12th grade and is designed to help BSA scouts meet requirements for the Environmental Science merit badge. We will be covering requirements 1, 2, 3.a, 3.b, 3.c, 3.d, 3.f, 3.g, […]

$20.00

BSA American Heritage

Wednesday, July 3rd 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cost: $20 per Scout, $10 per Chaperone This merit badge workshop is open to any youth in grades 6th – 12th grade and is designed to help BSA scouts meet requirements for the American Heritage merit badge. We will be covering requirements 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, and […]

$20.00

BSA Signs, Signals, and Codes

Wednesday, July 3rd 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Cost: $20 per Scout, $10 per Chaperone This merit badge workshop is open to any youth in grades 6th – 12th grade and is designed to help BSA scouts meet requirements for the Signs, Signals, and Codes merit badge. We will be covering requirements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, […]

$20.00

STEAM Camp

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

It’s full STEAM ahead in a camp dedicated to all things science, technology, engineering, art, and math! Design, build, and test the tallest towers, longest bridges, and strongest structures. Explore the history of transportation from trolleys and trains to boats, cars, and planes. Construct working circuits out of playdough, investigate invisible forces, and shrink a […]

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…

Free

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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