Special Feature: “Monarch Butterflies and Backyard Science” @11am

Join Clarence Hickey to hear the insights he gleaned on monarch conservation from his own backyard plus tips about the best reference books for young readers.

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.

Check out photos from past Open Houses

Please note that because of contractor equipment using the lot, the number of available parking spaces will be limited. There is a special needs space and ramp at the station. Additional parking is available one block away at county garage and lot #4, 8100 Fenton Street, with an additional entrance off of Sligo Avenue. Traffic and crosswalk lights facilitate crossing Georgia Avenue at Sligo Avenue in front of the station.

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