We love visiting the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore and we recently learned that they also have a smaller museum in Ellicott City, MD. Every winter they turn one room of the museum into a Lego holiday display. We've never been there before, but if this year was any indication, this alone was worth the trip.
An entire room was turned into a three-foot tall, 10 foot by 20 foot Lego display with working trains and tracks made of Lego's. There was almost too much to take in and the little touches were fantastic (Patrick's favorite is the broken Lego man who committed suicide off of the cliff below - you have to look very closely).
Outside of the museum on a siding is a caboose that you can explore. Patrick and the kids had it all to themselves for more than 10 minutes. Will ventured up to the very top of the caboose to look out of the top windows.
Everyone settled in to the table to visit and look out of the window.
A sympathetic parent volunteered to take a picture of us (that never happens).
And on the way out, Will and the girls took turns clanging the train bell. It was impossibly loud, so everyone wanted a turn. It's a pretty neat little museum but don't plan on bringing a stroller and plan on walking some stairs and taking some very tight corners.
