Charlotte Trolley

I have tried many times to take my boys here. Today the 21^st of August I tried again. It says that the hours are 1pm til 5 pm. This museum is never open! Can anyone tell me why? My boys are officially done with trying to visit. The last time we were able to go in was 2 years ago when Santa was there. I called and I was sent to a mail box. Great way to make people want to come visit.

The stated address is incorrect. Per
, the address is actually at 1507 Camden Rd, Charlotte, NC 28 203.
We found out about this place from a AAA street map of Charlotte, and decided to stop by. Finding parking was a trifle difficult. The museum itself is rather small, contains one rebuilt car, several HO-​scale dioramas, and a very helpful staff member who showed us a stack of pictures of the discovery and extraction of car 85, which had formed the central spaces for a house! (It has since been restored, and can be found somewhere on the light rail line, supposedly.)
If you like trains or trolleys, you should go. If you like Charlotte history, you should go. This was a pretty good museum for the subject.

So for a business event a consulting firm I use from time to time had a gathering at this location. This one-​of-​a-​kind venue hosts events for up to 250 people.
The space is nice and accomodating and a great change of pace than many of the offerings in this town. It was a nice way to mingle and experience part of this cities history. The history of this type of transporation has an interesting past in this city. Trolleys made possible the development of Charlotte’s earliest neighborhoods, and they served as a catalyst for the city’s first era of economic growth at the turn of the last century.
Mass transit in the 21^st century has the potential to do that again. Charlotte Trolley powers that transformation through its ambitious new museum devoted to the history of streetcars in the Queen City with an educational program that highlights social and economic change in our community. The Museum focuses on the future — and helps shape it – by teaching people what was done before. Then they can put those lessons into action as the community grapples with the challenges posed by growth, high energy prices and environmental concerns. Learn more about our plans for the Powerhouse Museum and our group outings.“
Charlotte Trolley was incorporated in 1988. Since 1996, Charlotte Trolley volunteers have provided an estimated 14,500 hours of service to our community — motoring trolleys, interpreting history and architecture, restoring trolley cars, coordinating school groups and special events, manning the Gift Shop, and performing administrative tasks.