Seashore Trolley Museum

09/08/2026

Thank you again to all who joined us this past weekend for Dino Trolley & Teacher Appreciation Weekend! We truly appreciate your support.

09/07/2026

Seashore Nation: Last year during one of our Pumpkin Patch events, we hosted a Kids Markets event. It was so popular and many of our youth members asked us to share the info if we decided to participate again. Well, we are! In 2026 we are hosting two Kids Markets; one on Saturday, October 3 during Pumpkin Patch Trolley, and one on Sunday, December 13 during Christmas Prelude.

Kids Markets ignite the entrepreneurial spirit in kids by giving them real opportunities to create, sell, and succeed—through hands-on market experiences that build confidence, creativity, and life skills.

Registration for both events is now open; learn more and sign up at https://kidsmarkets.com/

Guests who visit us one or both of these days will have the opportunity to shop from dozens of young entrepreneurs selling handmade crafts, baked goods, artwork, and creative products — all made by kids! 🛍️✨ It’s a wonderful way to support their hard work and inspire the next generation of local business leaders.

We help kids age 5-17 launch a business and sell real products for real money at a local event in your community!

09/07/2026

Special thanks to our Maintenance-of-Way crew Jon Miner and Brad Jobel for taking care of our main line brush cutting today!

09/07/2026

All Aboard! Take an adventure to Kennebunkport, Maine this fall and join us for our 28th Annual Pumpkin Patch Trolley, taking place Friday-Sunday September 25-27, Friday-Sunday October 2-4, Friday-Monday October 9-12, and Friday-Sunday October 16-18. This event is the perfect fall event for families and friends of all ages to enjoy!

Trolley rides to the pumpkin patch depart on our heritage railway from our Visitors Center. Following a 30-minute ride, guests disembark the trolley at the pumpkin patch, where each member in your group can select a pumpkin to take home, even the adults! Guests hop back on the trolley for a ride back to our Visitors Center, where several museum and family activities are available, including:

Pumpkin Painting: Paint your pumpkin at our pumpkin painting station. Leave it out to dry while you enjoy other activities.

Craft in a Bag: Make it at the event or take it home with you.

Cookie Walk: Sponsored by Kennebunk Hannaford. Play as many times as it takes to win; everyone wins!

Photo Scavenger Hunt! Take the Seashore Challenge and go on a photo scavenger hunt around campus, using your phone to document your progress. When you're finished, post them to one of our social media pages, and you will be entered for a chance to win a 2026-27 Seashore Family Membership.

Enjoy our Museum! Explore three carhouses filled with beautiful, restored trolleys and several other precious transit artifacts around our outdoor campus. Check out our new Maine Central Model Railroad Building.

Costumes are Encouraged at our event! We will be giving out prizes each day for Best Costume, following a social media contest.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit https://pumpkintrolley.eventbrite.com

09/06/2026

Thank you to all who supported our Dino Trolley & Teacher Appreciation Weekend! We had a huge turnout both days. Thank you to our volunteers and staff for working hard to host a fun experience for our guests. Thank you WMTW-TV for sending a crew to film our event! We appreciate your support so much :)

09/06/2026

Seashore has a new temporary exhibit this week in remembrance on the 25th Anniversary of 9/11:

The New York City subway system is one of the largest and most complex in the world.

On September 11, 2001, the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers had a significant impact on the system in the vicinity of the World Trade Center when the towers collapsed. The West Side IRT ( #1 line)’s Cortlandt Street station was destroyed, as it was located just 40 feet below the surface. Significant damage was also caused to the PATH station at the World Trade Center, in addition to the nearby Chambers Street Station on the 8th Avenue IND (A/C/E lines) and nearby BMT Broadway
Line (N/R lines).
Fortunately, no one died in the subway system as
reports of an explosion at the World Trade Center resulted in the shut-down of service and evacuations
before the towers fell.

These tracks were saved from the WTC site, and stored at the 9/11 Museum in New York City before being donated to Seashore Trolley Museum.

09/06/2026

It’s another busy day at Maine’s #1 Trolley Museum; six full trolleys so far this morning! Thank you to everyone who is supporting our Dino Trolley and Teacher Appreciation Weekend. We’re open until 4:30PM today; the last Dino Trolley departs at 3 PM.

Crêpe Elizabeth Food Truck is serving delicious sweet and savory lunch and snack!

Purchase tickets at https://dinotrolley.Eventbrite.com

09/06/2026

All Aboard! We’re open 9:30AM-4:30PM. Today is our last Dino Trolley of the 2026 season and Day 2 of Teacher Appreciation Weekend at Seashore. All teachers get free admission and there is a special ticket on our website (linked below) that teachers can select to get a free ticket.

Crêpe Elizabeth Food Truck will be back on campus providing late breakfast, lunch and snack!

Purchase tickets at the link below.

Dinosaurs AND trolleys?! Win Win!

09/05/2026

Wow, what a surprisingly busy day today was! We had so many walk-in guests for Day 1 of our Dino Trolley and Teacher Appreciation weekend we needed three trolleys for most of the day. Thank you to everyone who came out to support us, we loved the guests today and had a lot of fun. It was so busy we took no pictures after set up this morning 🙂 Check out the first picture; that’s how many cars were waiting for us to open our gate this morning. That’s a little unusual and we should’ve known that was the sign for how today was going to go.

If anyone visited today and would like to share your photos with us, please be encouraged to send them along to [email protected] or to post them in the comment section.

Tomorrow is Day 2 of Dino Trolley Weekend, our last Dino Trolley in 2026. It just so happens that it is also Teacher Appreciation Weekend at Seashore! All teachers get free admission and there is a special ticket on our website (linked below) that teachers can select to get a free ticket.

Crêpe Elizabeth Food Truck will be back on campus providing late breakfast, lunch and snack!

We hope to see you. Purchase tickets at https://dinotrolley.eventbrite.com

09/05/2026

All Aboard! We hope you'll join us this today/tomorrow September 5 & 6 for Dino Trolley. It just so happens that it is also Teacher Appreciation Weekend at Seashore! All teachers get free admission and there is a special ticket on our website (linked below) that teachers can select to get a free ticket.

Crêpe Elizabeth Food Truck will be on campus each day providing late breakfast, lunch and snack!

Purchase tickets at https://dinotrolley.eventbrite.com