EDUCATION
Curriculum and Docent Tours for Pre-K – 12th grade and Homeschools
Sensory Tours for Autistic and Special Needs Individuals
Field Trips
Imagine spending a day with TRAINS! You can tour several of our rail cars, take a ride on The Harborside Express and share lunch in a historic dining car or in the Garden of Steam. The Galveston Railroad Museum is an exciting place to visit as we offer information about the history of rail cars, technology, and railroading that made our country what it is today.
Our rolling stock exhibits, located across five acres of rail yard, provide an immersive opportunity to climb aboard trains and learn about railroading. Real trains and model trains make the museum an exciting destination for educational outreach, with interactive displays of railroad lights and crossbucks, railroad tools, and rotating exhibits.
Field Trip Package (minimum of 12 children and adults)
Bring a bag lunch and eat aboard our climate-controlled dining cars!
Group admission rate to the Galveston Railroad Museum:
| Students (Ages 4-12) | $5.50 |
| Students (Ages 13-18) | $11.50 |
| School Employees | $1.00 OFF |
| Parent Chaperones | $11.50 Adults |
| Parent Chaperones | $8.50 Seniors |
Please call (409) 765-5700 to arrange for your group. Curriculum Guides and Lesson Plans are available for purchase.
The Harborside Express
If your group would like caboose rides, we will operate the train for your field trip! Passes on the train can be purchased for $8 each. Advance reservation required.
The Harborside Express Caboose Rides typically run late spring through the summer, most weekends, weather permitting. Black out dates apply for special events and November 1 thru January 1. Tickets are required, and are in addition to museum admission passes. Visitors are urged to check schedules in advance for availability and times.
Online Collection
Arthur R. Carmody, Jr. Memorial Library
Young Ingenuity Program
Initiated in 2022, the Young Ingenuity Program encourages learning activities through mechanical and technical projects that are assigned to interested students
Legacy of the Railroad Oral History Series
Legacy of the Railroad is a speaker’s series presented by the Center for Transportation and Commerce, Galveston Railroad Museum, as a component of the Oral History Program. Speakers share real life experiences of their railroad careers.
Oral History Program funded by the Dr. Leon Bromberg Charitable Trust.
