Homeschool Day - National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation

Join us for our first Homeschool Day of the school year!

For small homeschool groups or individual homeschool families, we offer special Homeschool Days throughout the school year.*

Throughout the day, engage in educational programing focused on history with activities including story time, tours, and workshops. Homeschool Days are special days for homeschool students to experience field trips at the B&O!

Lunch options for Homeschool Day are available at the B&O Café by pre-order or walk-in.

*Pre-registration required. FREE for Maryland Students. $18 for Non-Maryland Students. $10 per adult.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.

More Homeschool Days in 2026-2027:

Schedule of Student Activities

Your Homeschool Day ticket includes full Museum admission and your choice of two (2) student activities!

Time	Activity Type	Activity Title	Activity Description	Recommended Grades	Meeting Location
10:30 AM	Workshop	On Your Mark, Get Set, LEGO! Workshop	In this workshop, kids will use their knowledge of motion and engineering design to build a car out of LEGOs. They will get a chance to race against other kids on our racetrack before making any necessary design changes to their cars.	Grades 1+	Education Station
10:30 AM	Tour	Technology Changes: Innovations in Locomotive Design Tour	In this workshop, students will get hands on learning about different train cars and what they might carry. By traveling around to different stations, students will try to fill their assigned train car with the correct items.	Grades 3+	Roundhouse Info Desk
10:30 AM	*Toddler Time*	Sing along, Story, and Craft	Story: Down by the Station by Will Hillenbrand Activity: Animal Hats Pick an animal and design your hat to wear!	Grades Prek-2	B&O Junior Junction
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM	*Workshop*	Morse Code Workshop	Drop in and learn about Samuel Morse and the first telegraph sent in the county! Walk away with your own bracelet spelling out your name in Morse code!	All Grades	Roundhouse
12:30 PM	*Storytime*	Railroad Storytime	Story: Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph by Lucy Margaret Rozier and Leo Espinosa	Grades PreK-3	Education Station
1:30 PM	*Workshop*	Artifact Exploration: Life During the Civil War Workshop	In this workshop, student will examine a set of artifacts to learn how different branches of the population, including soldiers, postal workers, children, freedom seekers and abolitionists interacted with each other and the railroad during the Civil War Era.	Grades 4+	Education Station
2 PM	Tour	Civil War: The War Came By Train Tour	On this tour we will use our historic Civil War Era collection of rolling stock to uncover the story behind the first-time trains were used in warfare: the American Civil War.	Grades 4+	Roundhouse Info Desk