Gaithersburg Community Museum

It's a lovely little set of informational exhibits about some notable science and engineering history in the area. The passenger railcar has been converted to a small theater and the caboose interior has been turned into a kids' playroom. This is a working train station, as well, so visitors will have a chance to see interesting modern rail traffic passing by. It's free to visit, but please support them if you can. They're worth it. :)

Take 30 to 45 minutes to finish visiting this tiny museum. But it’s interesting and fun.

This was a wonderful experience for kids! Reservations are not required and entry is free. The staff was very friendly and helpful. They explained almost everything is available to play with, but my children enjoyed playing in the caboose with the toy trains and dress up clothes best. I had young kids so we didn't participate in some of the activities, but I heard other kids mentioning a scavenger hunt that you can do here. We also really enjoyed watching the active train drive by! We will definitely come back again!

Took my 8 year old son to see the trains. He had a blast checking out the caboose and passenger car. They have train oriented toys for the kids and some great information on the history of railroads and the stations impact on Gaithersburg. We were there long enough and at the right time to see a CSX freight train come by!

The Community Museum has some much to offer in the middle of historic Gaithersburg. The museum had an interactive play space where kids and adults can relive selling train tickets or sending telegrams, or do a scavenger hunt and win prizes. The caboose is converted into a playroom with wooden trains for the younger kids (and dads). There is a Budd car converted into Museum space that is perfect for watching the MARC and cargo trains go by without the noise.

We came as a school group and the staff was so kind and went well beyond to make sure the children had a good time. They made a craft for New Years and gave us a tour and story inside the train. They also pointed us to where the children can eat and use the bathroom. Thank you so much!Lovely small place to visit.

Good for a 20 minute Gaithersburg history lesson for adults, and a great place for kids. The caboose is full of toys and activities for kids, and the museum is along active tracks, so you might see a freight or commuter train rumble past! Ask to go in the silver car--it's a retired B&O/MARC commuter car.

We love coming here! Best viewing area for trains, best free play area for kids or kids-at-heart. The muesum staff always has a new and fun for activity for visitors. Periodically, there are also free events for the community and there are regular low-fee story time activities during the week. (Can you tell, that we come here a lot?). Just an absolute local treasure.

We took our 3 & 4 year old kids to this museum. We weren’t sure how interested they’d be, but decided to check it out. It was SO much fun for them! They loved doing the scavenger hunt, playing with fake money, stamping train tickets, playing in the school room, and exploring the general store area. The caboose with the play area was also a big hit. For me, there was also a lot of really neat history facts about this area. Plus, it’s all AIR CONDITIONED!! It was a lot of fun & we’re looking forward to visiting again and discovering even more things to do.

Nice museum ! They got nice antiques.

This is wonderful place for children, my kids are 1 and 4 years old they are a little bit too small for the museum house but the train part, they were enjoy wooden train track, magnetic trains, hook-on trains, lot of cars, ambulances, tunnels, bridges, lego trains, engineers' costume, chef's costume with abundant of cooking toys, crayon, coloring books, story books.
By the way museum house is wonderful with hands on things like, beans to weights on sliding scale, coloring pages/books, crayons, chalks with boards, maps, globes, maze game, other games and all kind of interesting stuff like cashier, manual calculator, and most of all, there were running by wonderful ladies, one is Luis if I did not spell wrong but the 2 others, I forgot to ask theirs name. They all are so kind and fun, they all are friendly, informative, and make you feel so welcome. :)
And by this fall, there will be a fountain play, could not wait!!!!
If you come by here, don't forget to swing by griffin park, and every Thursday all summer long there will be shows on stage Gaithersburg pavilion, near by there is Fire Museum which will only open on Saturday. And don't forget to check out Constitution garden park.

I had a good time at this little museum, my guide was a wonderful lady who took the time to brief me on just about everything. There is a little cafe inside, but there is aslso a few options for food in the area. It is worth visiting this place and to get to know the history of the old B&O train.

A great little museum to stop by for some local culture. A steam locomotive, caboose, and dining car are on display. Lots of great restaurants around too.

Small museum but with a lot of history.
My kids love this place. The firefighters are wonderful with the kids. I recommend this place. It's free but please leave a donation.

Really nice place to visit with the best attention. Thanks a lot. We had a great time seeing everything and seeing the trains passing by

Came to the Train Day at Gaithersburg. Kenrlands Acoustic Jam was playing. They really made morning thoroughly enjoyable.

Cool place.

Good!!

Gaithersburg community museum amazing 🤩

Really good service