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 Railroading merit badge.

Scouts will investigate signals along the rails, then practice American Sign Language, Braille, semaphore, and decipher secret codes!

Scouts participating in this workshop will study real-life engineers, design custom blueprints, race a balloon-powered vehicle, and more!

Scouts will have the opportunity to discover the communications technology of the Trolley Era, including antique radios, typewriters, printing presses, victrolas, phonographs, and more! This is a workshop for a Eagle-Required Merit Badge.

Conduct experiments about pollution, investigate clean energy sources, dive into the water cycle, and discover how to help eradicate invasive species in our area! This workshop is for a Eagle-Required Merit Badge.

Investigate different rocks and minerals and discover how our museum got its start in part thanks to a coal mine!