Museum Of Science Trains At Science Park Is Here

All aboard! The Museum Of Science Trains At Science Park exhibit is here! This wonderful and informative annual temporary exhibit comes to the Boston Museum of Science each holiday season.

It's fascinating to imagine a time before jet travel, back to a world where the locomotive took us where we needed to go. While long distance personal travel is mostly by air these days, much of the goods we use to manufacture or purchase are still delivered by rail.

-Did you know that the iconic Aretha Franklin ONLY traveled by train? She was afraid to fly!

-The term 'horsepower' originated as a marketing tool

A savvy train salesman knew that he needed a way to market his new product. He calculated how much power a single horse working in a mill could produce over a period of time, a figure that he dubbed “horsepower.”

-America’s first steam locomotive lost a race to a horse

-Today’s bullet trains can top 300 m.p.h.

-The world’s first travel agency got its start thanks to a train trip

-Abraham Lincoln’s assassination helped publicize train travel!

A train engineer named George Pullman used his train car to transport Lincoln's body to Illinois, using Pullman's new idea of a sleeper-type cabin. The news about this innovation spread, creating the first sleeper train car. 

-A friend of mine, famous voice over actor Bill Saint James told me about his dream. When he was a DJ on the air in New York, he told me that if he ever made "stupid money" starting a voice acting career, he would buy a train car, and remodel it like a mobile home. Flash forward to today, Bill made so much money as the voice of NBC Sports and other national voice over jobs, he did it. He has his own train car! When he wants to go somewhere, he calls Amtrak to hook up, and go! What's THAT cost?

This exhibit seems like a wonderful and fun way to visit the history of trains and the railroad. According to the Museum Of Science:

Developed by expert train model makers who spent hours creating tiny trees and adjusting tracks to create an unforgettable Boston experience (including miniature versions of the Museum, Custom House, and now, the city’s iconic Zakim bridge, created by master model maker John Goodson of The Mandalorian fame), this exhibit is a great way to welcome the winter season with your friends and family! Presented in English and in Spanish.

If you want to make a day out of it, you can watch the screenings of train movies "The Polar Express" and "Thomas And Friends 4-D:Bubbling Boilers."

Click here for everything you need to know!

Want to see the Lego Zakim Bridge, Lego TD Garden and Lego State House? 

Is that Christmas tree made of Legos? We will just have to find out as Boston welcomes Lego! When you see a headline like that, kids of ALL ages stand at attention.

It's true. The LEGO® Discovery Center Boston’s family favorite Holiday Bricktacular event is here!

It is literally a kids dream WORLD of everything Legos! As a parent of small children, (years ago) having the Lego events were a lifesaver for parents with small children. At home, when we wore out every Barney VHS tape, we'd look for weekend events to entertain our kids for a few hours on a Saturday, tire them out, and then start again on Sunday.

The Lego brand has since expanded to movies and nationwide events that come to each city, and parents are grateful.

It's running right now in Somerville featuring a variety of activities for kids of all ages including:

-A life-sized Santa’s Sleigh made completely out of LEGO® bricks! Take a picture!

-A Merry MINIWORLD: LEGO® Discovery Center’s MINIWORLD transforms into a winter wonderland where you can try to spot all your favorite Boston scenes!

-Take a photo with a LEGO Gingerbread Man every day in December!

-You can build an ornament out of LEGO® DOTS™ to hang on thier attraction Christmas Tree!

-Attend a holiday themed workshop class with a Master Model Builder! (Can I get that job?)

-You can hunt for the 12 missing LEGO elves in MINIWORLD®!

Add to all of that, you'll be stunned when you witness a breathtaking MINIWORLD featuring a LEGO replica of Boston, Massachusetts, transformed into a winter wonderland.

As you will see below, the have a Lego replica of the TD Garden, State House and more!

For more information, times and more, click here. 

As Boston welcomes Lego, let's take a sneek peek at  The LEGO® Discovery Center!

The Leonard P. Zakim Bridge never looked like this! All made of Lego's!

Wait, is that the Garden?

Look at this stunning LEGO replica of the state house!

I want that! That is an actual Lego replica of Santa's sleigh!

Yes, of course! It's an actual Christmas tree made from Legos!