Reviews of Boothbay Railway Village (Tourist Attraction)

John Relic

This place is great for anyone with children who loves trains

Kirk Hutchins

We all had a great time. We had gone to the Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway earlier, but the Boothbay RW Village just has more to do, but the W.W.F RW is a longer train ride.

Robert Makowsky

A wonderful museum on 20 acres. Plenty for young and old alike. Be sure to take a ride on their antique narrow gauge railroad.

David Liberman

Love this place. Very nice people staff it and all sorts of old cars, fire engines and much more. Go every time I am here.

Dr B

Fantastic GO!

Michael Lagueux

Nice, but wish it was historically accurate. The location used to be empty farm land. No trains ever passed through there if I'm correct...

Donna Hayes

The museum and train ride were fun. Going back in the summer for the model train room

Robert Decker

Great place to visit historical and fun for all ages

Jesse Merriam

Took my family there today absolutely great experience for kids and adults .... Great place

martine abc

My grand daughter loved it

Bill Berner

More exhibits than we thought. Not expensive. Good place for kids, fun train ride. Beautiful classic car collection.

Vaughn Bernard

I came with I'm family and had a great time.

Robert Jones

What a great place. Was thinking it was just going to be a few barbs with trains to look at but was completely amazed at them having a whole historic village, massive car collection, model train village as well as trains and a train ride set in beautiful grounds. Spent an easy 3 hours here. Staff incredibly friendly too.

Evelyn Stanley

Fun place. Staff very nice.

Dave Runnals

Been going here for 30 years and will always stop in for a great visit.

Janelle Stahl

Excellant little museum. Especially enjoyed the train station models

Gail Kemper

Pleasant surprise! The miniature train display is amazing!

Ryan Daniels

My family and I bought tickets for the "North Pole Express". Included was a short but fun train ride, cocoa and cookies, crafts, and access to the museum and historic buildings onsite. The experience was worth every bit the $20 per ticket price. We are planning to go back in the summer to explore everything more fully.

Bill Burtt

Great museum and friendly/informative staff

iamgeetha

My kid love this place

Gordon Brown

Great fun at the fair look for to seeing that fairy year

Bonnie Rodgers

A super visit. Very friendly staff and volunteers. A gem of a spot in Central Maine. Great history

Chris Szeliga

Fun place, lots of old transportation exhibits including cars and firetrucks in addition to the railroad exhibits. Very dog-friendly!

John Ahearn

Very educational, great for kids.

Bill Strauser

It's OK I guess

Lourdes Charnoff

We enjoyed the train ride and all the interesting things the Boothbay Railway has to offer, like the car museum with so many vintage cars of various makes, and old Town Hall which was moved to this location. Also there are many attractions for the very young.

Kali Zahn

We all had a surprisingly good time. We love the lady engineer running the train the day we were there. She is enthusiastic about her job. We had a wonderful cost with her between train rides, and her enjoyment in everything she does came through. The gentleman in the car display garage had an amazing amount of knowledge about all the antique vehicles under his care. It was definitely an enjoyable afternoon for 2 teenage kids, their parents and one grandmother.

Cynthia Allen

Great tribute to the past. 60 antique autos, model train exhibit, and so much more. Worth the stop.

Misty Macdonald

Great place to visit with the family, or just go to get away for the day. Train and History bluffs will love it. They even have a building full of antique cars. You can spend as little or as long as you like walking the grounds. Would be a great place for lunch. We will be going back.

Carmen Turner

Plenty of interesting exhibits to see and lots of space for the kids to run and play. A whole day can be planned. Go first thing in the morning with a packed picnic lunch. Then, you can ride the train as often as you like during the day and take your time exploring.

Jack Murray

Fun spot for the kids, especially when Thomas is in town

Tanya Fields

What a great place to spend your day at! We enjoyed the train ride as well as the museum exhibitions! the items are carefully taken care of and well organized. You will see and learn a lot. Kids love feeding the goats. I personally enjoyed the pavilion with running toy trains- so fun! The place is affordable. You even can come back next week to ride for free if you save your receipt. We enjoyed our visit very much- have made some great memories today. Thank you to all Railway Village staff for making it happen.

Michelle Taylor

My 3 year-old loved this place! So much to see and do; but the train ride was his favorite part. I liked that it was self-directed and the village gave us lots to explore. We had great conversations for several days about what we had seen.

Bruce Ordway

Awesome vehicles and riding the train was amazing!

Nadine Murphy

The Railroad Museum at Boothbay never disappoints. Beautiful during the Fall season. A great place to visit for all ages.

Suzie Kohler

Polar express train ride. Goodies for guests, hot chocolate, Santa visit & postcard. Tickets sold out & in advance. Tight parking. Limited personal facilities. Old trains to explore. Fun!

Beth Ferreira

Wonderful history and you can ride the train

Thomas Kotovsky

Very cool must see

Matthew A Korbet

Plan on a full afternoon here. Kid friendly but anyone should find something of interest here. We found our experience was met with knowledgeable and professional staff working to educate and entertain. Don't miss the gift shop.

manndy mckenney

Loved the train ride when the kids were younger and the classic car shed. The customer service was really bad! I had a toddler and an elderly family member with me. No restroom access till the open even if they we in the shop. Would walk by you and not greet you or even speak with you. My family has a history of always visiting every year. I plan my vacation around taking my kids and other family members here. I have decided this is our last year. The items they are preserving don't look like they have had care in a while. And they charge a lot for not a very good experience. They are not veteran friendly. They will give you a discount if your active duty only. Don't know many active duty individuals that have time to vacation for fun. You can hide the wear and tear form the young but with older children it's not much fun. My kids used to look forward to visiting and making more memories. Talk about their past visits. But this year we decided the cost verse the experience wasn't worth it. The only thing that saved the moral this trip was the train house. They build replicas of all different trains. Really enjoyed playing with all the train sets. Brought back an experience from my childhood.

Ron Quebec

Fantastic place, so much to do and see.

Dave G

This place has a large room full of working model trains in a setting that looks like a Maine town in the 50s. They also have a collection of early cars and trucks.

David McCurdy

Train rides with several interesting exhibits to explore. Good family fun.

Jacksie Witham

Lots of fun! Kids love it. We visit every summer. We went a couple weeks ago and it looks like they are redoing some of the older exhibits. Can't wait to see it next year!

Brian lawson

This place gets better every time I come here and I've been going for 35 years! A must see if your in the boothbay region. They have been working on a life like model train set for the last 17 years, it's quite large and it is absolutely incredible!

Maine Pro Media

Very cool museum setup. The small village gives the area a fun feel, and allows for a lot of exploring. Definitely come here for the Polar Express (for Christmas).

Ashley Ledford

Well worth the cost of admission! So much to see and explore. Everything is well maintained and all the workers are super friendly and willing to answer all of your questions! Pleasantly surprised!

Jonathan Leo Connor

More to see than meets the eye! From the road, you can't see much, but behind the old train station is a whole "village" and every building has an interesting exhibit. Head so the way to the back and find a barn full of classic cars and trucks!

Rachel Neher

A lot of family fun!

xCrossRevx

Love this place. My one year old son loves the trains. He kept waving to the engineer!

david snell

Such an amazing place to bring your kids to. Staff was great to us. Look at the schedule for the trains. The steam engine days are our favorite for the kids

Dan Hamilton

Wonderful car exhibit. Just fabulous. Very quaint and relaxing.

stegomon

Loved it. Nice family day

Wan

Cute little rail cars

Lori Knight

Beautiful. Spend the day it's worth the trip

George Dow

Awesome place to bring your family.

Pops I

Nice little reserved railway museum in town of Boothbay Maine

frank crosby

A lot to see and fun.

James Howell

Great assortment of Maine railroad history.

Rick Farris

Loved this place and the history of the narrow-scale rails!

S Perez

I really had fun here. When my sister first told me we were going I snarked at how it would take us five minutes but they have a lot of great history and a lot of really intricate displays. The volunteers are very knowledgeable. Overall it’s a great little side stop over.

Jared Avery

We went here for the Polar Express. Keep your expectations reasonable and you will love it. You won’t see Tom Hanks and don’t expect the train to race but overall it’s a great experience. The staff were friendly and professional, especially the conductor and engineer. The conductor was dressed in an authentic Polar Express outfit and let us take pictures with our children. The engineer took time to explain how the train works and is maintained to my very curious son. He was great. All the folks in the village were wonderful as well. We had cookies, hot chocolate, went to story time, and got treats in he gift shop. I would recommend this for younger kids for sure.

Tom O'Dell

Friendly staff. Very Informative visit.

Animal Weeks

Fun for all ages

daniel Ezzell

Great bunch of car guys

Adrienne

An interesting place to visit. I felt like I was stepping back in time!

Tammy Bosford

Awesome cars my grandfather used to work on cars like these

Mike Tillger

Very nice preserved and recreated history.

josh hutchins

My girls had a lot of fun on Museum's North Pole Express, even with lack of snow.

Bob Healey

Great time. Railroad is kept in comfortable condition. The miniature set of trains is fantastic. The old vehicles they have on display Jay Leno would love to add to his collection. Great display. Great time walking the grounds and riding the railroad.

Frank Morgan

We spent the morning here with our kids. They had a great time. They have some fun stuff for the kids to climb on. The train ride was short but fun.

Tina Ducharme

Great history, fun for the whole family.

Dulcey Darville

Nice place to take the family for the afternoon. Takes you back in time with the vintage trains and building. Beautiful location for a picnic, family reunion or wedding.

Kristy Shepherd

Had a great time with our 17 month old, he fed the 2 goats they have there and loved sitting on the big red fire truck. Great place for him to run around the grass areas. Us adults enjoyed the vintage car collection, ol' timey school house/home displays and also feeding the goats, brings the kid out of you(Get it. Kid. I crack myself up). Riding the train was a great time. Everyone working there is so friendly. It's free for active duty military and their family which was great and gave us the opportunity to spend money in the gift shop.

Peggy Brown

Loved this place! Riding the old steam engine train and touring the antique car museum was very exciting.

Alex Young

Awesome place! Friendly people, beautiful exhibits. Wonderful model train show as well.

andrea simonelli

A very nice museum with an amazing vintage cars garage. Great for kids and adults.

Robert Fett

Fun place for kids and adults. Great antique car collection.

Sarah Luna

This was great! I wish we had more time there. The kids loved it and everyone was really nice and knowledgeable.

kim gilpatrick

Visited and rode the train complete with a visit from Santa. A wonderful experience! Highly recommended.

Betty Smith

Rail fans day. Wonderful displays, steam locomotives, one of the best model railroad layouts I have seen, knowledgeable, friendly staff A great day all around!

Kathy Angel

We loved this!! The train ride was enjoyable and the antique car museum was awesome!! We had a great time walking around looking at all the relocated and renovated buildings. Plus the staff is incredibly friendly and informative. It's a must see if you're in the area!

Grace Curry

train dose a loop twice and then you get off this is aweful don’t recommend!

Kelly McCarthy

For many years we have been enjoying this wonderful museum + playground + train ride + outdoor exploration! The annual family membership is the way to go! $75 for your entire family.

Michael Moon

Perfect place to take your kids for the day!

Daniel Reis

if you like old trains, old cars and artifacts of rural Life from the 1800s and 1900s you will love this place. my son loved it he is four. I am not really into trains or cars but I found it quite interesting. the cars and the trains are the best part. There are several other buildings : an old apocethary, an old hardware store etc. but the Train Museum, the running steam train , and the car museum are by far the best curated and the best explained. Several old authentic buildings are interesting too. A town hall etc.. all in all highly recommended. The ticket is not cheap but it is a huge place......

Ken Easler

Great time would do it again

Jessie Adams

We had never been the lady at the front was amazing, she was so excited to tell us all about it there ! Made us feel at home an welcomed ! The train ride was amazing an it's price is awaone . They have so much to check out for the hole family . We will be going back again

Cindy Paine

Candlelight & cocktails on the rails was the absolute best way to kick of the holiday season. Very well done. Spirits were awesome , thank you to Sweetgrass for providing them.

Ellen Verge

Always a great place to bring the kids, the train ride is always the highlight. No food on site unless they are having an event but there is a Variety Store just across the road if you're hungry.

Kelly Milam

Excellent place to visit

Florence Avery-Hooper

Good day out with Fred and Scott . Lots of precious memories made

Sarah Green

My son loved this place. It was great experiences. The train rides were so fun. We will definitely go back if we're in the area.

Eric Parker

Fantastic place to visit. Staff is very helpful and knowledgeable about everything there. They really know how to show you a good time. Don't miss this!!!!!!

Shelley Pushard

Love these old cars

Bill Taylor

Great place, funny

Christopher Clayton

A great place to take the kids. We went for the trains, tails, and ales event. It was great!

Trisha Merrill

A great spot to visit! Train takes you around in a circle 2 times, drops you off at Antique car barn, with lots of fascinating vehicles. Lots of fun out buildings with time period antiques.

Cheryl Poland

Great place to take kids of all ages. The train ride is short and fun. The museums are interesting. I love that they let foster families of maine in for free!

arthur sondheim

Fun and low-key Americana experience from the early 20th century. Lots of old vehicles and a working steam locomotive train to ride. The volunteers are good-natured and knowledgeable.

Brian Witham

Fun time for the whole family! From the train ride to each individual museum its s great time! It's set up as a small town and it has all you could want. One new thing this year I noticed was a ride in one of the antique cars!!!! This was the highlight for me. My kids loved the 2 goats they have on the property that you get to feed. I love this place and enjoy my yearly visit!

Ma Petite

It's small. It's cute. It is not an original railroad line, but original pieces. There are some random collections. The Salt and Pepper house is one that is random. My son loves the train. Your train ticket is good for the whole day. The train runs every hour.

Hadley Levat

Fantastic place to bring your kids. Train rides, model train room, antique car exhibit, goat feeding...it has it all.

Joseph Sullivan

Great stop. They've got a train you can ride. A bunch of old buildings, a car museum, hundreds of salt and pepper shakers, a model train room and a train museum and much more

Sandra Kase

Facinating place to visit. Amazing.

Kari Ann Ramsey

great little surprise

Steve Frey

We visited in June 2017 and it was well worth the cost of admission. Our kids had fun and the adults stayed entertained. Not touristy and definitely not a trap. It's a good half-day adventure for a family.