UPCOMING MUSEUM EVENTS
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Polar Express Family Day, December 20, 2025
Intro to Model Railroading Clinics, April & May 2026
Past events
Ales āN Rails, December 13, 2025
ShotGun Tom Live Recording & Giveaway ā November 25, 2025
Halloween Family Day, October 31, 2025
Comic con badge discount, July 23-27, 2025
Thomas Family Day August 16, 2025
Club Meet & Greet, july 1, 2025
Lifetime Member railroad tie reception June 14, 2025
The big exchange, may 1-18
Docent Led Tours, December 12, 2025
Summer kick off Family Day, may 17, 2025
Community Swap Meet, October 11, 2025
Daniel Tiger Family day September 19, 2025
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
6/20 Special Swap Sale
Summer Camp begins
July
7/1 Free Resident Tuesday
7/4 Independence Day - Museum Open
August
8/2 Swap Meet 7am-10:30am
8/5 Free Resident Tuesday
8/16 Thomas Family Day
September
9/1 Labor Day - Museum Open
9/2 Free Resident Tuesday
9/19 Daniel Tiger at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum
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
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 Open 11 am - 4 pm
12/25 Christmas Day - Museum Closed
12/30 Museum Open 11 am - 4 pm
12/31 New Year's Eve- Museum Open 11 am - 4 pm
1/1/26 New Years Day - Museum Open 11 am - 4 pm
This calendar is subject to change.