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    National Museum of the Marine Corps

    4.9(286 reviews)
    50.3 mi

    I came to visit this memorial museum because I have a friend that is a Marine that actually…read moresurvived the bombing in Beirut & was featured in the exhibit. This exhibit will take a day or two to get through if you want to really understand & get educated on how important our Marines are & continue to be as they protect WE the People & the Unite States of America.Very informative concerning wars that were fought & a Marines day to day life. The museum & the tour was VERY impressive. I'd go again, it was a pleasure seeing it & all the history.I would highly recommend anyone who is thinking of joining the Marines to take a trip to see this museum & some of the other monuments/memorials.

    I have visited several times over my years of working for the Marine Corps. We have done team…read morebuilding here through docent tours, team lunches at Tun Tavern, and viewing Military promotions conducted here. Also having visited other Military museums, this one is particularly well done. There are very interactive parts, and I really enjoy being able to walk through the history from the beginning to the current day. Fun fact: the Marine Corps is the only Service who provides embassy security services around the globe. There is a lot to look at-big displays, virtual re-enactments to bring you further into the life of Marines in those dangerous situations. There are some brief movies worth watching too. On the first floor there is also a children's area which I will report back on when I finally visit with my kids. The restaurant onsite is really good-have had multiple items here over several lunches that hit the spot-the Reuben is my favorite! The museum is open 363 days a year and is free! Also free parking!

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    Brunswick Heritage Museum

    Brunswick Heritage Museum

    4.3(12 reviews)
    41.2 mi

    I stopped by the Brunswick Heritage Museum when I was exploring town a couple of weekends ago. The…read morehighlight of the museum is - without a doubt - on the third floor: a huge HO-scale model railroad layout of the B&O Railroad's Metropolitan Subdivision from DC to the Brunswick Railyard (in the 1950s). The museum is free to visit (although they appreciate donations and make it easy to do so - you can leave cash or make a donation via PayPal), so it's worth stopping in even if you only have a few minutes to see the model. It's pretty incredible - definitely the largest I've seen. It's winds and just keeps going! They have staff on the third floor that who can answer questions about the model and who were just as friendly as the staff downstairs that I spoke to when I walked in. The museum has two other floors with different exhibits and displays (including one on the C&O Canal on the first floor), but the highlight is definitely that railroad model! Stop in if you have the time. It's a great way to learn a little about Brunswick and the region.

    I found out about this place through the most bizarre fashion. One day, driving home from work, I…read moreheard a commercial on the radio from a car company that said something like, "One-day road trip idea #347: Visit the Model Railroad Museum in Brunswick, Maryland." I said to myself, "Self, I didn't know there was a model railroad museum in Brunswick." For that matter, I didn't really know where Brunswick was. I had to go look it up on a map. I was pleased to find that it wasn't far away - just across the Point of Rocks bridge and over a bit, only like 30 minutes from my house. My 7 and 4 year old boys have always loved trains, and we've always gone out of our way to visit railroad museums. So today we went for a trip to the Brunswick Model Railroad Museum. It doesn't look like much from the outside, but there are actually four floors of stuff inside. Admission was like $6 per adult and $3 per kid (check the web site to be sure), and I though it was worth the price of admission. On the first floor, there is a National Park Service small museum about the history of Brunswick and the railroad and canal traffic that built the town. Plus there is a gift shop and very nice, clean restrooms. Down in the basement, they had a special setup of a G Scale model railroad for the holidays. I'm not sure what they put in there when the holiday train isn't up. On the second floor are static displays of what life was like during the Victorian Age. Right as you walk in the door from the stairs, there are three colored sheets of questions you can ask your kids to help them think about and learn from the exhibits. I thought they were very useful and got us to appreciate the modern conveniences we have in our lives today. On the third floor was a very large model railroad layout that started in Washington, DC, and followed the train through Silver Spring and Point of Rocks out past Brunswick. There were some small red buttons for kids to push that made sound effects along the way. It was a nicely done setup, and the boys and I enjoyed walking back and forth checking out the scenery and watching the model trains go by. Given the choice between going to the Northern Virginia Model Railroad Museum in Vienna and coming here to Brunswick, I think this one was better. There was a lot more to see here. The down side is that you'll save some money at the Vienna museum because they don't charge admission (but they're only open one Saturday per month), and they don't have a gift shop, so your kids won't be whining asking you to buy them $50 model train sets.

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