Railroad Museum [for a day] 2025

The region's ultimate transportation history event! Railroad Museum [for a day] provides a rare and family-friendly opportunity to explore, admire, and go inside our historic trains and learn about their connection to where we live. Once again this year, we are accessible by train! Catch trains from New York and intermediate points and transfer at Denville for a direct trip to Boonton. Get more info and discounted admission at https://www.urhs.org/museumforaday


EVENT DETAILS:
When - Sunday, September 28, 2025, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Where - 104 Morris Avenue, Boonton, NJ 07005
Admission:
Adults: $8 online, $10 at door
Children (12 and Under): $4 online, $5 at door

ACTIVITIES:

Discover and explore over a dozen pieces of restored historic railroad equipment from New Jersey, inside and out

Visit vintage historic and antique vehicles

Sit in the cab of a real, running locomotive

Enjoy live music

Meet and talk to railroaders and railroad preservationists

Take our shuttle bus the Boonton Day street fair on Main Street for food trucks, vendors, and even more family fun!

SPECIAL VISITING EXHIBITS TO BE ANNOUNCED!

TRANSPORTATION:
Take the train! For one day only, NJ TRANSIT will activate special one-day shuttle service between Denville and Boonton, making it easier for people traveling from Penn Station New York and points in between, to attend our annual celebration of railroad history.

The “Boonton Scoot” special shuttle trains will meet certain regularly scheduled NJ TRANSIT trains to and from New York City at the Denville Station transfer point. Riders may purchase regular tickets to Boonton Station through the NJ TRANSIT app and ticket vending machines. However, real-time arrival and departure information will not be available for the shuttle since it is a special service. Schedule and departure times will be posted soon!

To get to the event from the Boonton train station, there is a 6-minute, 0.2 mi. walk that includes a modest hill. Alternatively, a shuttle bus will be available direct to the gate, with priority given to passengers with disabilities.

PARKING:
Event parking is available at the Upper Plane Street municipal lot (click here for directions). This lot is located directly adjacent to the Boonton Day street fair on Main Street, and a free shuttle bus will be available to take you to Museum [for a day].

ACCESSIBILITY:
Parking for those with state disabled parking permits is available upon request on-site at 104 Morris Ave. Boonton, NJ. Due to the historic nature of our artifacts, our locomotives and cars and not wheelchair accessible. Our grounds and flat and accessible by wheelchair, although much of the terrain is coarse gravel.

QUESTIONS?
Visit our Contact Us page at URHS.org if you need any further information about our event!

Also check out other Music events in Boonton, Food & Drink events in Boonton.