Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum: Baltimore Calendar of Events

July 2009

• All Aboard Summer Reading Program
  June 1, 2009 - August 28, 2009
  A magical experience that will take you on a trip and teach you new things about people and places! Participate in the “I've Been Readin' on the Railroad” Summer Reading Program at the B & O Railroad Museum and the Ellicott City Station and earn a free book and a chance to win an engineer's outfit. It's easy and the trip down the tracks will be fun. Let the magic of reading and the railroad take you on a special journey. Pick up a reading journal at the B & O Railroad Museum or the Ellicott City Station, browse the children's railroad books and begin your journey! Read 8 railroad-related books, complete your journal and return it to either Museum by August 28, 2009 for your free book and a chance to win an engineer's outfit!
  
   
• The Tell-Tale Tour
  June 15 - September 30, 2009
  Edgar Allan Poe wrote his first horror stories in Baltimore. What was Baltimore
  like back then? Find out by taking The Edgar Allan Poe Tell-Tale Tour of Baltimore,
  June 15 through September 30, 2009. Explore Poe’s Baltimore through many of the fascinating museums, attractions and tours brought to you by the Greater Baltimore History Alliance. Collect a Raven Trail Guide stamp from at least five attractions and you could win one of several great prizes.
  
  The Edgar Allan Poe Tell-Tale Baltimore Tour of Baltimore is brought to you by the Greater Baltimore History Alliance and the Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association. Tell-Tale Tour Trail Guides are available in the June issue of Baltimore magazine, at the Inner Harbor Visitor Center, and participating Greater Baltimore History Alliance museums. Collect a Raven Trail Guide stamp at least five participating attractions and you could win one of several great prizes.
  Participating Greater Baltimore History Alliance attractions include the National Museum of Dentistry, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Industry, Mount Clare Museum House, Homewood Museum, the Star-Spangled Trails, the Maryland Historical Society, the Jewish Museum of Maryland and the Top of the World Observation Level.
  To find out more about events during Baltimore’s citywide Poe festival, visit http://www.nevermore2009.com.
  
   
• Thrifty Tuesday
  Tuesday, July 7, 2009
  10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  All Aboard! The B&O offers half-price admission for all visitors the first Tuesday of every month! Visitors can tour many of the Museum's facilities including the 1884 Roundhouse where you can climb aboard a real locomotive and see the most comprehensive collection of American railroad artifacts in the world.
  
   
• Toddler Time
  Wednesday, July 15, 2009
  10:30 a.m.
  Visit the Museum and enjoy story time as you listen to classic railroad children's books. Kiddie train rides are included in the price of admission. Recommended for children between the ages of 2-5.