Medina Railroad Museum, Medina: Photos, Reviews & Location

Venue with railway memorabilia, a sprawling model-train layout & vintage passenger car excursions.

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#10 of 11 Tourist attractions in Medina

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.50

366.1 km from the center of Medina

Rating breakdown

5 ★69%
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3 ★7%
2 ★1%
1 ★4%

530 West Ave, Medina, NY 14103

medinarailroadmuseum.org

(585) 798-6106

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Quick facts

What is the rating of Medina Railroad Museum?: Medina Railroad Museum is rated 4.5 out of 5 based on 793 reviews.
How does Medina Railroad Museum rank in Medina?: Medina Railroad Museum is #10 of 11 Tourist attractions in Medina by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is Medina Railroad Museum located?: 530 West Ave, Medina, NY 14103 — 366.1 km from the center of Medina.
How can I contact Medina Railroad Museum?: Phone: (585) 798-6106 · Website: medinarailroadmuseum.org

Reviews (8)

David Zaenglein 2024 Aug 05

I am a former model railroader and I found it spectacular. What they have there is literally years of work.

Sandra Ramirez 2023 Nov 26

The overall experience was great for the price. The museum has an extensive miniature display worth seeing. My 3 year old son enjoyed it. The Polar Express train ride was enjoyable as well since we watched the movie before the train ride at home and this made the experience more special. The music, story being read aloud and the picture book being shown during the reading helped us remember the parts in the movie. When Santa came by he interacted with the kids as well as the staff. Overall putting everything together, it was worth the money.

Victoria Sterling 2023 Sep 12

A LOT of stuff here. I feel like this museum could be culled by a knowledgeable curator to make it more educational overall. It is too much to take in and seems to have an identity crisis. Is it a rail museum? If so why the abundance of cars and telephones and various household kitchen goods? A strong editorial hand is needed to bring this place to the next level. Right now it's like visiting someone's aunt's attic clean out. Choose a focus and stick with it. Terrific model train set is the deserved centerpiece but the exhibits along the walls are overwhelmed by too much stuff. An example: luggage from the railroad travel era - great - but one strong exhibit would be enough. Another example: lanterns for the signalman a smaller selection of color and a few styles would suffice along with a short explanation of what would be used when and where. Just because someone donated an item does not mean it needs to be displayed. One could actually learn a lot from things this museum holds if the presentation were more coherent and CONCISE.

Tammy F 2023 Jul 15

Stunning!!
Never imagined they would have such an incredibly huge HO scale model railroad layout in here, I've seen large layouts before but never this big.
And all around the rooms, from floor-to-ceiling, all of the different displays that are grouped by theme... There was something for everyone.
A lot of railroad / firefighter/military items on display.
Staff were incredible

Brian Dietz 2022 Oct 27

Very nice museum to go to. The massive train model I believe is the biggest at least in New York state. They have a scavenger hunt to find certain things on the models and within the room. Most of my pictures are of just the trains but along the sides of the room is tons of memorabilia from fireman items to old oil lamps. You could spend hours looking and find something new. When I was there we took the train for a ride. It goes over a gorgeous bridge over the Erie canal. All the staff were very polite and knowledgeable. I highly recommend going there for a visit. I didn't post the train that you ride on so you will have to find out for yourself 🙂

Carla Grubbs 2022 Jun 12

My husband and I took our 2½ year old to see Thomas the train 🚂 and we all had a great time. We have never been to the museum or a Thomas event and we enjoyed every aspect of it. Can't wait until winter when the Polar Express is supposed to come from what I'm told by a friend.

Barb Sartin 2018 Dec 19

We had a great time. Kids loved train ride, they read Polar Express book on train, stopped at North Pole to pick up Santa. The museum is awesome, especially if you like miniatures

Dan Dollinger 2018 Dec 17

Great place to take kids for an afternoon. The train ride is a relaxing fun experience through the countryside, passing through various rural communities.
The museum itself has an excellent miniature train model scenery/landscape, the largest I've ever seen. A lot of time had been put into making this a spectacular masterpiece. It's over 200 feet long, and has 2 sides to it for be seen from. I could spend an afternoon here just to see the miniature setup.