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2010 Calendar of events

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2010 Calendar of events

• Summer Camp : Theme I've been working on the Railroad
  The museum will offer two weeks of summer day camp this year. Hours are 9am - 1pm.
  
  • Registration forms (Here in pdf form) are due July 6.
  • Cost is $145 per camper with a $75 deposit due at registration
  • Session 1 : June 21 - June 25
  • Session 2 : July 12 - July 16
  • Age groups from 4 - 10
  • For more information, please contact our Museum Education Coordinator, Beth Kovach, at 770-495-0253 ext 2 or email by clicking here.
  
  
• July 8 : 2nd Thursday preschool program
  Tenatively this month's program will include a police car.
  

• Aug 7-8 : Trains, Trucks and Tractors

The museum will host visiting trucks, tractors and other vehicles to explore and learn about.
(2009 Photos)
The event will also include...
• Refreshments
• Temporary tattoos and face painting
• Craft corner for kids to create a souvenir to take home
• Hay Ride
• Parade
• Barrel races
• Kids wagon race
• The museum is looking to expand the number of visiting exhibits for this event. Registration to be an exhibitor is free and includes admission for 4. To register, click here (opens in a new window)


• Sept 25 Boy Scout Merit badge day - Hosted in conjunction with the Piedmont Division NMRA
  For reservations or more information please contact John Stevens (click here to email) or phone (678)873-3770.
  
Click here and go to page 25 to see an interesting news article on this activity from the Winter 2008 edition of The SouthErneR, the Southeast Region NMRA newsletter


• Nov 6-7 : Model Railroad Days

Look for more information to be posted by mid-summer 2010

• Nov 20 : Santa Arrives

Look for more information to be posted by mid-summer 2010

• Dec 4, 11, 18: Breakfast with Santa

Look for more information to be posted by mid-summer 2010.

2010 Completed events

• March 20
  The museum participated in the Touch a Truck day in downtown Kennesaw, GA. For more information, click here.
  
  
• March 28 Sunday
  The museum hosted it's annual class room training session for the train crew. This class is mandantory for volunteers wanting to be on the train crew. Class starts at 1;30PM. For more information, contact our train operations manager
  

• February 1 - March 27 : Photo exhibit and competion
• Categories and rules to be announced by Dec 11, 2009.
• Entries due January 16 23, 2010.
• Winners to be announced at during Caboose Days event, April 10, 2010
• Download entry form here and submit with each entry. One form per photo, one CD/DVD per photographer.


• April 1 : Museum resumes summer season schedule of Thursday- Saturday, 10am -5pm operation.
• April 8 : Second Thursdays at the museum premieres. The museum education department will offer a program each month on the second Thursday geared towards pre-school aged children.
  
• Program cost will be $7 per child.
• Program starts at 10:30
• April 10-11 : Caboose Days
• Temporary caboose tattoos
• Caboose hunt
• Food
• Craft corner for kids to create a souvenir to take home
• April 17 : Boy Scout Merit badge day - Hosted in conjunction with the Piedmont Division NMRA
  This session has filled up and there is a waiting list , for more information please contact John Stevens (click here to email) or phone (678)873-3770.
  
Click here and go to page 25 to see an interesting news article on this activity from the Winter 2008 edition of The SouthErneR, the Southeast Region NMRA newsletter
• May 6 : Homeschool Open House - Get on board with homeschooling at the Southeastern Railway Museum. The museum will be hosting an open house for homeschool families. Homeschool families will enjoy a special admission price of $2 per person. Children will enjoy doing crafts and a scavenger hunt and parents will learn about our new programs for homeschoolers. Everyone will enjoy the caboose train ride! Homeschool families must pre-register with the Museum Education Coordinator to enjoy the special admission price.
  For more information, and to pre-register, please contact Beth Kovach at education@southeasternrailwaymuseum.org or 770-495-0253 x 2.
  In the case of rain, the open house will take place on May 7th.
• May 8 : National Train Day - free train rides during our celebration of National Train Day
• May 13 : Second Thursdays at the museum. The museum education department will offer a program each month on the second Thursday geared towards pre-school aged children.
  
  

• Members of our nations armed services, both active & retired, were invited to visit the museum free of charge.
• Renenactors of the Georgia 9th Artillery demonstrated cannon used during the Civil War

• Celebrate (Savannah & Atlanta) #750's 100th Birthday with Ice Cream and Cookies
• Locomotive Art Activities
• Temporary Locomotive Tattoos
• Locomotive Slide Show

June 10 : 2nd Thursday preschool program
This months feature will be Hot Air Balloons courtesy of Daryl Tatum of Balloons Over Georgia

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Locomotives:

• One of the museum's diesel locomotives NYO&W 104 , Southern #8202 , or Georgia RR #1026 provides the motive power for our on-site train rides.
  
• Our steam locomotive Georgia Power #97 is not available due to mandatory FRA inspections and maintenance.

Make a tax-deductible donation to help fund the repairs

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N.R.H.S. Meetings:

Two Atlanta Chapter National Railway Historical Society (N.R.H.S.) meetings are scheduled each month. These are not just for chapter members - the general public is welcome.

• The Board of Directors meeting is held on the second Thursday of each month. These meetings start at 7:30 in the museum's audio/visual room in building #1. (Click here for directions to the museum)
  
• The chapter meeting is held on the fourth Thursday of each month at the museum. Meetings include a brief program and social time

 See Planning your visit for more information and directions

 

This page last updated on Sunday June 27 2010