Scouts Private Workshops
We are now accepting requests for private merit badge workshops for Winter and Spring 2024! Please note that availability is extremely limited. Dates are first-come, first-serve. We are unable to accommodate private merit badge workshops during Special Events and holiday weekends.
BSA & Girl Scout Private Merit Badge Workshops
The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum annually hosts several merit badge workshops, but we understand that these dates and times don’t always work for everyone. We currently have a limited number of dates and times available this season for hosting a private merit badge workshop for your troop or pack. These merit badges are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. These merit badge workshops follow curriculum created by both the Scouts BSA (formerly Boy Scouts of America) and the Girl Scouts of the USA organizations. Merit badge workshops are open to any youth of the appropriate age. Admission to the museum is included with the purchase of any merit badge workshop. Merit badge workshops are taught by certified merit badge counselors.
- Cost: $20 per Scout / $10 per chaperone (unless otherwise noted)
- Minimum of 10 Scouts and 2 adult chaperones required
- Most merit badge workshops are 3 hours in length
A $35 deposit is due upon reservation.
Questions? Please let us know by sending an email to our Manager of STEAM and Education Programs, at education@patrolley.org.
Private Merit Badge Workshop Offerings
These are the following merit badges we currently offer. Please note that some merit badges may have prerequisites associated with them. If you are interested in a badge that is not offered on the list below, please let us know and we can see if we are able to accommodate your group’s request.
** depicts a workshop that will require more than 3 hours and have an additional cost
BSA Scouts
- Bear Super Science (2nd – 3rd grade)
- Webelos Engineering (4th – 5th grade)
- BSA Environmental Science (6th – 12th grade)
- BSA Electricity (6th – 12th grade)
- BSA Programming (6th - 12th grade)
- BSA Railroading (6th – 12th grade)
- BSA Signs, Signals, and Codes (6th – 12th grade)
- BSA Weather (6th – 12th grade)
Girl Scouts
- Daisy Art and Design (K - 1st Grade)
- Daisy Automotive Engineering Badges 1-2 (K - 1st grade)
- Daisy Good Neighbor (K - 1st Grade)
- Daisy Mechanical Engineering Badges 1 – 3 (K – 1st grade)
- Brownie Home Scientist (2nd - 3rd grade)
- Brownie Mechanical Engineering Badge 2: Fling Flyer Design Challenge (2nd – 3rd grade)
- Brownie Mechanical Engineering Badge 3: Race Car Design Challenge (2nd – 3rd grade)
- Brownie STEM Career Exploration (2nd – 3rd grade)
- Junior Mechanical Engineering Badge 2: Balloon Car Design Challenge (4th – 5th grade)
- Junior Mechanical Engineering Badge 3: Crane Design Challenge (4th – 5th grade)
- Junior Robotics Badge 1: Programming Robots & Badge 2: Designing Robots (4th - 5th grade)**
- Junior STEM Career Exploration (4th – 5th grade)
- Cadette Coding Basics (6th - 8th grade)
- Cadette Robotics Badge 1: Programming Robots & Badge 2: Designing Robots (6th - 8th grade)**
- Cadette STEM Career Exploration (6th – 8th grade)
We are currently accepting requests for private merit badge workshops for the early 2024 season. If interested, please click the button below and fill out the following form. Please note that we are unable to accommodate private merit badge workshops during Special Events.