Haddam Historical Society

Thankful Arnold House Museum/Haddam Shad Museum

December 1, 2023

All Aboard for the Holidays

Saturday and Sunday

10 am to 4 pm

Free and Open to the Public

THIS WEEKEND

This holiday season the Haddam Historical Society will host “All Aboard for the Holidays” at the historic Thankful Arnold House Museum where visitors will enjoy train- themed rooms featuring history exhibits, train displays and holiday gifts.

The kitchen will feature an operating display of vintage Lionel trains and accessories from the mid-late 1940s, recreating that classic era of toy trains. Train-related artifacts from both historical society and private collections will be on display.

Model Train Stations

For such a small town, Haddam had no less than five train stations. All are long gone now, but now these stations live on in miniature. Noted local modeler (and HHS board member), Bill Schneider, has recreated ALL FIVE stations in HO scale (1/87 full size). Bill’s work has been featured in several magazines including Railroad Model Craftsman and Great Model Railroads as well as in several hobby books. These custom-built, one-of-a-kind model displays will be available with all proceeds benefiting the Haddam Historical Society.

To bid on the train stations visit:

CLICK HERE

Holiday Shopping

The Society gift shop will be packed with a variety of goodies including themed gifts to capture the spirit of the holidays including train-themed gifts, old-fashioned candy, Colonial -period toys, locally handcrafted goods, kissing balls, holiday cards with scenes of area landmarks and so much more. In addition, visitors can enter our holiday raffle for fabulous prizes including tickets to the Essex Steam Stream and Riverboat and Melissa and Doug train set. This is an event not to be missed.

Haddam Historical Society/P.O. Box 97, Haddam, CT 06438/ 860-345-2400

contact@haddamhistory.org

www.haddamhistory.org

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