Seashore Trolley Museum seeks a part-time Museum Store Associate to join our staff team. The starting pay is $16/hour, and shifts are available on Tuesdays-Sundays between 9AM-6PM. The position is seasonal beginning now through December. Position Responsibilities: We are a fun, high-energy nonprofit organization, striving to create the best experience we can for our members and guests. Museum Store Associates greet all guests, process admissions and merchandise sales, and maintain the cleanliness of our Visitors Center. Responsibilities Include: Help to maintain an order ..read more

  Seashore Trolley Museum seeks a self-motivated and reliable individual with experience building and maintaining model railroad layouts as well as project and people management experience to serve as our Model Railroad Building Manager; a full-time, year-round position. This salaried position begins at $52,000/year with the opportunity to join the museum’s health insurance and retirement plans. The start date for this position is flexible but ideally on or around April 22, 2024. If the right candidate is looking for part-time work, we can accommodate a part-time schedule. The ideal candi ..read more

Today is GivingTuesday, a global generosity movement and day of giving. Every GivingTuesday from 2018 to present, Seashore Trolley Museum has selected one important active fundraising or restoration project to rally our members and supporters to champion. Today we ask you to support Manchester & Nashua No. 38 and make a donation to help us complete this trolley’s much needed restoration work in 2024. Manchester No. 38 is one of Seashore’s most historically significant transit artifacts. No. 38 was the last trolley to operate under its own power in Manchester, New Hampshire before becoming ..read more

  Participate in our 2023 Members Day and Open House at Seashore on Saturday, August 19th from 9:30AM-4:30PM. Admission is free for ALL. We love our members, and this is the day we set aside to show it! It’s a great day to become a member, too! 9:30AM: Free donut holes & coffee available, Visitors Center Trolley Fare 9:30AM: Museum Store opens 9:45AM: Trolleys begin operating 10AM: New Model Railroad Building behind-the-scenes tour led by Katie Orlando, Executive Director 10:30AM: Ride the City of Manchester. Pre-purchase tickets, or take a chance on a day-of raffle. Proceeds su ..read more

Admission is free for all members and guests this Saturday, August 19th. We love our members and this is the day we set aside to show it! Check out our action-packed schedule: 9:30AM: Free donut holes & coffee available, Visitors Center Trolley Fare 9:30AM: Museum Store opens 9:45AM: Trolleys begin operating 10AM: New Model Railroad Building behind-the-scenes tour led by Katie Orlando, Executive Director 10:30AM: Ride the City of Manchester. Pre-purchase tickets, or take a chance on a day-of raffle. Proceeds support the City of Manchester restoratio ..read more

  Seashore Trolley Museum is having a great season and we seek to add another part-time Museum Store Associate to our staff team. The starting pay is $16/hour, and shifts are available on Tuesdays-Sundays between 9AM-8PM. The position is seasonal (March-December). Position Responsibilities: We are a fun, high-energy nonprofit organization, striving to create the best experience we can for our members and guests. Museum Store Associates greet all guests, process admissions and merchandise sales, and maintain the cleanliness of our Visitors Center. Responsibilities Include: Answering quest ..read more

It is with tremendous sadness that we share news of the passing of our Restoration Manager Donald G. Curry. Donald dedicated 70 years of his 87 years of life to Seashore Trolley Museum and the trolley preservation movement. During this incredible tenure, Donald was known as one of the nation’s foremost authorities on streetcar restoration, particularly in the area of body reconstruction and rebuilding. Donald worked to lovingly preserve our collection nearly every day of his life; there is not a trolley at Seashore that doesn’t have a mark of Donald’s expert hand. All who have ridden a trolle ..read more

  During the Seashore Trolley Museum’s recent Annual Meeting, museum leaders and members recognized one of the museum’s longest serving leaders, President & CEO James D. Schantz by renaming one of the museum’s trolley display carhouses in his honor.   The James D. Schantz Highwood Carhouse is home to 20 preserved and restored transit artifacts on display for the public to enjoy. Schantz has dedicated the majority of his life to the museum’s mission and commitment to transit preservation. It was only fitting that this carhouse was selected to carry his name and honor his legacy ..read more

  Seashore Trolley Museum will join museums nationwide again this season in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The 2023 program will begin on Armed Forces Day (Saturday, May 20) and ends on Labor Day weekend (Sunday, September 3). Find the list of participating museums at arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.   Blue Star Museums is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and pa ..read more

  All aboard! We are opening for our 84th season on Saturday, May 6th from 9:30AM-4:30PM and will be open weekends in May, and Wednesdays-Sundays from June 1st through Halloween.   Experience history in motion on interactive trolley rides on the museum’s private heritage electric railroad, which once served as a portion of Maine’s Atlantic Shore Line Railway (1902-1927). Admission on regular admission days includes unlimited trolley rides, which take approximately 40 minutes and cover 3.7 miles. Check out several outdoor exhibits and trolleys displayed in three carhouses. Visit the R ..read more