Minnesota Transportation Museum

"It was something fun to do. I mostly went for the garage sale thing, and found some fun stuff there, and I had a nice time looking around at different things. I especially liked the recipes and menus. The volunteers were all very friendly and helpful."

"This was the largest museum I have ever been to. I had no expectation before coming. I thought the place might be OK to see. I visited the inside portion, which was very interesting. Volunteers were on hand to demonstrate operating a steam engine, and I almost thought, "I could drive this engine in an emergency." Next, I went outside to look at the round table. While there, a volunteer was working outside, and he offered to show us more rolling stock and another steam engine in a large shed. It's very cool to be so up close, and the size of these is huge. He mentioned that there was a lot of car and engine restoration in the other direction, not part of the tour, and if we were lucky, a volunteer in that area might show us around. As I headed toward the exit, someone was exiting the office, and we were asked how we liked the place. "Fine! Uh, any chance we can peek at the repair spaces?". And then we were among old dismantled steam engines and ancient cars. There was too much to write about here. Sheldon Cooper would would have been envious of us. There is a lot of magic here. I am considering what it would be like to spend time here as a be a volunteer. I think I caught the train bug."

"This is a small museum dedicated to old school trains. Lots of fun for little kids. Our toddler liked it a lot and we could have spent hours wandering around and watching the model railroad. You do not need to only purchase a ticket in advance and you don't necessarily need to only go during the time your ticket is for. There's also a lot of content for adults too (think traditional museum exhibits, history, and of course trains. They have events throughout the year for different themes (Santa Claus, Halloween, etc)."

"Definitely a fun place for the kids. They love pressing the buttons to make the trains go. There's enough activities and train stations to keep them busy for at least a few hours. They also have a small shop of train toys (both used and new)."

"Great museum with lots of trains and memorabilia from the beginning. One of the volunteers had some great stories to tell. I highly recommend visiting this place"