Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport

Name: Seashore Trolley Museum
Address: 195 Log Cabin Rd, Kennebunkport, 04046, United States
Telephone: +1 207-967-2800

#2 among attractions in Kennebunkport

Top attraction, Museum, Specialty museum

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Facts and practical information

The Seashore Trolley Museum, located in Kennebunkport, Maine, United States, is the world's first and largest museum of mass transit vehicles. While the main focus of the collection is trolley cars, it also includes rapid transit trains, Interurban cars, trolley buses, and motor buses. The Seashore Trolley Museum is owned and operated by the New England Electric Railway Historical Society. Of the museum's collection of more than 350 vehicles, ten trolley and railroad cars that historically operated in Maine were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, as Maine Trolley Cars. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1939 (85 years ago)Coordinates: 43°24'33"N, 70°29'21"W

Address

195 Log Cabin RdKennebunkport 04046 United States

Contact

+1 207-967-2800

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Day trips

Seashore Trolley Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: First Chance Whalewatch, Wedding Cake House, Walker's Point Estate, Brick Store Museum.

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