National Road Heritage Foundation

05/30/2026

The National Road Museum Community yard sale is taking place now until 4:00 p.m.

Come down and find some spectacular treasures this year. All for a great deal. We also have a list of other yard sales in the area today. While you're here, visit the National Road Museum and Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum!

05/28/2026

We have a great weekend ahead of us! Our yard sale will be great, and there is still time to pre-register for our first monthly Game Night At The Museum on Monday Night!

Come out and find treasures while supporting our museum during the great weather Saturday! This is part of the 23rd Annual Historic National Road Yard Sale Festival taking place from Baltimore to St. Louis this week. We will have a list available with several other area yard sales.

Bring your favorite games and your friends and enjoy chips and sodas and a night of board games and card games on Monday. Any PG13 or G games welcome to this event to teach and enjoy. Some popular and retro board games and playing card decks available for use provided by the museum. Pre-registration is $8, $10 at the door, and a discount for Museum members! Reserve a table for $15 and control what game is played, or reserve our theater to bring your video game system to show off or play party games on the museum's 65" screen.

Learn more about game night and get preregistration tickets at https://nationalrdfoundation.org/event/game-night-at-the-museum/

Pre-registering ensures enough snacks! Proceeds from both events support our museums!

05/20/2026

We now have half half a dozen dealers signed up for our Community Yard Sale - plus several tables of donated items to benefit the museums! Space still available for our sale. Museums will be open during the sale, so come visit our exhibits in betweens sales!

If you are holding a yard sale the week after Memorial Day along 40, Alt 40 or MD 144 in Maryland, let us know and we will add you to our directory of Maryland sales!

Sign up for either our sale or the director at https://forms.gle/LtDBhMvbpDU4JdTh8

05/16/2026

Join us tomorrow around noon as we welcome the James Shaull National Pike Festial and Wagon Train to Boonsboro! Our museums will be open from 11am to 3pm, and some special activities will be taking place in the area. After passing the museums, the train ends its journey behind us in Shaffer Memorial Park where you are welcome to see the wagons and horses up close before they head home.

This annual event is a program of the James Shaull Wagon Train Foundation Inc., an independent nonprofit supported by many area businesses and donors including the National Road Heritage Foundation. Learn more at https://jamesshaullwagontr.wixsite.com/website

05/14/2026

We are excited to announce that the National Road Museum now has a membership program!

Learn more and sign up at https://nationalrdfoundation.org/membership

Sponsorship and other support opportunities are also available.

We also have space available still for our Community Yard Sale at the museum on May 30th from 10-4 (welcome to start earlier and stay later). If you are holding a yard sale along the National Road in Maryland that week, we will add you to our directory for free. To register for our sale or let us know about yours, learn more at: https://nationalrdfoundation.org/event/yardsale-2026/

05/08/2026

We will soon announce a whole schedule of special summer programs and events, but for now...we invite you to join us for our new monthly event; Game Night at the Museum! Enjoy your favorite board games and card games while surrounded by National Road history! Every 1st Monday from 6pm until 9..ish at the National Road Museum, 214 N. Main Street, Boonsboro, MD.

Tickets Available Now: https://nationalrdfoundation.org/event/game-night-at-the-museum/

Bring your family and friends and your favorite games to share! We will provide the venue, the snacks, and the drinks.

Save $2 off the door price by pre-registering, or reserve a whole table to ensure you and your friends get to choose the game! Proceeds support the National Road Museum, and Museum Members get a $3 discount (feel free to reach out to us for more information).

If this event becomes popular, we may add additional nights each month. Visit the link to learn more and buy tickets.

05/08/2026

05/07/2026

The first revision of the National Road Heritage Foundation's Maryland Sales Directory for the week of the Historic National Road Yard Sale is now online. We only have a few yard sales and then many antique stores listed right now, but hope to add many more sales to this list before the event.

https://nationalrdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/MD_SalesStores-NationalRoadYardSale26_revisedMay04.pdf

If you are in Maryland and want to be added to the next version of this list, register your details at https://forms.gle/P7Cvqs9v7Ks93BZF7

Learn more about this 6-state event, now in its 23rd year by going to the Historic National Road Yard Sale - US 40 Sales page.

05/02/2026

Saturdays are a great day for a road trip! The National Road Museum and Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum are open every Saturday from 10:00 to 4:00: two museums, one tour!

Did you know that the museums in Boonsboro provide social studies and civics students from area schools an opportunity to earn their volunteer service hours?

Each weekend, Boonsboro High School students help to give some of our tours, offering them more experience in public speaking and with their retention of the historical information in our exhibits. Consider visiting and asking for a high school student tour!

Our museums are located at 214 North Main Street in Boonsboro, Maryland, a road also known as alternate Route 40, and as the Historic National Road Scenic Byway! Admission is by donation.

Boonsboro is Home to unique shopping and dining experiences, Maryland's only cavern tour, and not far from Antietam National Battlefield, Washington Monument State Park, and the many other historic sites and museums across Washington County.