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The Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum is a lovely cultural museum preserving the history of the Chesapeake Beach region, housed within the city's former Washington and Chesapeake Railway Company railway station.
The National Register of Historic Places-listed property was originally erected in 1898 and operated through the spring of 1935, noted as one of the most prominent examples of rural railroad architecture remaining on the East Coast. Today, the station has been converted into a local history museum, showcasing the history of the region's bayside resort and beachfront district via audiovisual presentations, photography, and interactive exhibits.
Exhibits include a collection of collected boardwalk artifacts, a retrospective of railroad entrepreneur and town planner Otto Mears, and the "Dolores" parlor car that formerly operated on the Chesapeake Beach Railway. It's a great museum to visit on your day trip from DC.
4155 Mears Ave, Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732, Phone: 410-257-3892
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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