UPCOMING MUSEUM EVENTS
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Polar Express Family Day - December 21, 2024
Docent Led Tours - January 10, 10:30am
Intro to Model Railroading Clinics - January 2025
Swap meet- January 25, 2025
Past events
Easter Eggspress - March 23 & 24, 2024
Thomas Family Day - August 17
Halloween Family Day - October 26
Ales āN Rails - December 14, 2024
Yearly Calendar of events
January
1/1 New Year's Day - Museum Open
1/2 Free Resident Tuesday
1/8 Spring Exhibition: Tales of Thomas
1/15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day- Museum Open
1/27 Swap Meet 7am- 10:30am
February
2/6 Free Resident Tuesday
2/19 President's Day- Museum Open
2/26 Early Summer Camp registration for Museum Members
March
3/4 Summer Camp registration begins
3/5 Free Resident Tuesday
3/22 3-Rail Special Sale
3/23 & 3/24 Easter Eggspress
3/25 Tales of Thomas closes for construction
April
4/2 Free Resident Tuesday
4/16 Tales of Thomas reopens
4/27 Swap Meet 7am- 10:30am
May
5/7 Free Resident Tuesday
5/20 - 6/3 All-Gauge Layout
5/27 Memorial Day- Museum Open
June
6/4 Free Resident Tuesday
6/9 Last Day of Tales of Thomas Exhibit
6/11 Summer Exhibition: Tijuana and Tecate Opens
6/15-6/16 La Mesa Club Modern Track Warrant Operating Session
6/19 Juneteenth - Museum Open
Summer Camp begins
July
7/2 Free Resident Tuesday
7/4 Independence Day - Museum Open
7/ 12 Docent-led Museum Tour
7/27 Swap Meet 7am- 10:30am
August
8/6 Free Resident Tuesday
8/17 Thomas Family Day
8/23 HO-Special Sale
September
9/2 Labor Day - Museum Open
9/3 Free Resident Tuesday
October
Kids Free Month - San Diego Museum Council
10/1 Free Resident Tuesday
10/10 Docent-led Museum Tour
10/12 Swap meet
10/22-11/3 All-Gauge Layout
10/26 Halloween Family Day
November
National Model Railroading Month
11/5 Free Resident Tuesday
11/11 Veterans Day - Museum Open
Winter Exhibition: Holiday Toy Trains
Lifetime Member Railroad Tie Reception -Postponed for Early 2025
11/28 Thanksgiving Day- Museum Closed
December
No Free Tuesday due to December Nights
12/6 & 12/7 December Nights 6 pm - 9:30pm
12/14 Ales Nā Rails 6 - 9:30pm
12/21 Polar Express Family Day
12/24 Christmas Eve- Museum Closes Early at 3pm
12/25 Christmas Day - Museum Closed
12/30 Museum Open
12/31 New Year's Eve- Museum Closes Early at 3pm
This calendar is subject to change.