During our October Open House, you can enjoy two special events!

Learn about Animal and Human Brains from 11 am to 1 pm

Members of the Laboratory for Evolutionary Neuroscience from The George Washington University will bring a pop-up exhibit featuring 3D brain models for fun hands-on activities to explore how brains come in different shapes and sizes and what they can teach us about how animals think, behave, and evolve.

Reptile Talk at 1 pm

Join Professor Emeritus Ray Bosmans, Mid Atlantic Turtle and Tortoise Society, to learn about and touch many different types of reptiles. Thinking about owning a turtle as a pet? Ask Dr. Bosmans how you can be a turtle parent.

Ongoing Activities

• Take a self-guided tour outside & inside the station.
• “Train Spot” under the canopy! See locomotives galore! Wave at the engineers!
• Indoors, enjoy the HO-scale model train display courtesy of the Rockville Model Railroad Society.
• Play with wooden toy train sets.
• Visit the station manager’s ticket office and 1945 telephone booth.
• See railroad photos & memorabilia, including the original B&O “Drumhead,” along with photos & memorabilia of the original Downtown Silver Spring.

This station is in the National Register of Historic Places, a Montgomery County Historic Site, and a gem in Silver Spring’s Arts & Entertainment District.

Please note that the number of parking spaces is limited. Additional parking is available one block away at county garage #4, 8100 Fenton Street. This garage has an additional entrance off of Sligo Avenue, while traffic and crosswalk lights facilitate crossing Georgia Avenue at Sligo Avenue in front of the station. The Silver Spring Metro Station is located four blocks away at 8400 Colesville Avenue.

There is a special needs space and ramp at the station, along with an accessible entrance and restroom.

Open House Co-Hosted by Montgomery Preservation & Silver Spring Historical Society

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