UPCOMING MUSEUM EVENTS
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Docent Led Tours, Every second Friday at 10:30am
Club Meet & Greet, july 1, 2025
Lifetime Member railroad tie reception June 14, 2025
Clear out special sale, june 20, 2025
On the horizon
Swap Meet, Saturday August 2
Thomas Family Day, Saturday August 16
Summer kick off Family Day, may 17, 2025
Past events
The big exchange, may 1-18
Intro to Model Railroading Clinics, January 2025
Thomas Family Day, August 17, 2024
Polar Express Family Day, December 21, 2024
Halloween Family Day, October 26, 2024
Ales āN Rails, December 14, 2024
Yearly Calendar of events - 2025
January
1/1 New Year's Day - Museum Open
1/7 Free Resident Tuesday
1/7 Spring Exhibition: Powered by Diesel
1/20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day- Museum Open
1/25 Swap Meet 7am- 10:30am
1/31-2/2 La Mesa Operating Session
February
2/6 Free Resident Tuesday
2/17 President's Day- Museum Open
March
Summer Camp registration begins
3/4 Free Resident Tuesday
April
4/1 Free Resident Tuesday
4/5-4/6 La Mesa Operating Session
4/12-4/13 Easter Eggspress
4/26 Swap Meet 7am- 10:30am
May
5/6 Free Resident Tuesday
5/17 Summer Kick-off Family Day
5/19- 6/2 All-Gauge Layout
5/26 Memorial Day- Museum Open
June
6/3 Free Resident Tuesday
6/9 Summer Exhibition Opens
6/19 Juneteenth - Museum Open
6/28 Swap Meet 7am- 10:30am
Summer Camp begins
July
7/1 Free Resident Tuesday
7/4 Independence Day - Museum Open
August
8/5 Free Resident Tuesday
8/16 Thomas Family Day
September
9/1 Labor Day - Museum Open
9/2 Free Resident Tuesday
October
Kids Free Month - San Diego Museum Council
10/7 Free Resident Tuesday
10/10 Docent-led Museum Tour
10/11 Swap meet 7am-10:30am
10/12-10/27 All-Gauge Layout
10/31 Halloween Family Day
November
National Model Railroading Month
11/4 Free Resident Tuesday
11/14 Docent-led Museum Tour
11/11 Veterans Day - Museum Open
11/17 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
12/5 & 12/6 December Nights - Museum closed 10am-4pm, open 5pm - 9:30pm
12/13 Ales Nā Rails 6 - 9:30pm
12/20 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.