The Model Train Festival returns to the Washington State History Museum from December 19, 2025, through January 1, 2026. For 29 years, this beloved Tacoma tradition has brought together model train clubs from across the region, filling the museum with stunning miniature worlds. Generations of families, friends, and train enthusiasts from throughout the Pacific Northwest have … [Read more...] about All Aboard! Tacoma’s Beloved Model Train Festival Returns
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Washington State History Museum’s 27th Annual Model Train Festival
The annual Model Train Festival is set to return to the Washington State History Museum from December 22, 2023, through January 1, 2024. Model train clubs from throughout the region will share incredibly detailed and expansive layouts throughout four floors of the museum. This Tacoma holiday tradition has brought together generations of families, friends, and train … [Read more...] about Washington State History Museum’s 27th Annual Model Train Festival
Celebrate the season at the Washington State History Museum’s 26th annual Train Festival
For 26 years, the Washington State History Museum has brought families, friends, and train enthusiasts together for its annual Model Train Festival. Train clubs from around the region bring their expansive layouts into the museum and set up on every floor of the building, and the festive sights and sounds of tiny trains fill the air, mingling with the excited … [Read more...] about Celebrate the season at the Washington State History Museum’s 26th annual Train Festival