WOW! Children's Museum (World of Wonder) announced that in collaboration with the Boulder Model Railroad Club, the Museum will celebrate the grand opening of
Riding the Rails, an engaging new interactive train station and model railroad exhibit geared for all ages! Community members are invited to join WOW! on Tuesday, April 22 nd at 11:00am for the grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony! The Museum will also honor the wonderful volunteers from the Boulder Model Railroad club who made this exhibit possible.
"I feel the WOW! model train is important to us because it allows us to give something back to our community through volunteer work. It also helps to promote the hobby to the general public," said Jack Rummel, Boulder Model Railroad Club member and past president.
"The Boulder Model Railroad Club has done a fantastic job creating an interactive, detailed layout for our new model railroad exhibit. This local collaboration with WOW! includes numerous hours of volunteer time, materials and artistic skills depicting Boulder County landmarks and will be appreciated by young and old. The exhibit will be accompanied by an interactive train station created by WOW! staff members Susan Rasmussen and Heather Roberts," said Lisa Atallah, Executive Director, WOW! Children's Museum.
Featured components of
Riding the Rails include: ticket agent booth where children can "sell" and take train tickets and keep track of departures and arrivals; dress up as train engineers; learn to be a train signalman; listen to authentic train noises; and read books all about trains! Components of the new small scale model railroad include realistic features, familiar locations in Boulder County and interactive buttons!
WOW! Children's Museum would like to give special thanks to Boulder Model Railroad Club member Bob Rothe for designing and spearheading the WOW! model railroad project. The Museum would also like to thank the following individuals and businesses for providing materials and hours of volunteer time to the new exhibit: Chris Komloski, Buzz Allen, Roy Johnson, Loren Blaney, Sam Kent, Jack Rummel, Carl Schnieder, Bruce Dickerhofe, Bob Uhr, Ken Ziebarth, Diane Vaswig, Alison Sherwood, Cailtin Sherwood, AMTRAK loco, Caboose Hobbies, and BMRC BOD.
About Boulder Model Railroad Club: Founded in the 1970's, the objective of the club is to promote the fellowship of model railroading among model railroaders, to advance and promote the hobby of model railroading, and to provide a meeting ground for the sharing of knowledge and interests among model railroaders.
About WOW!: Founded in 1996, WOW! Children's Museum (World of Wonder) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization that offers educational and interactive exhibits for children - bringing families together in a safe environment that sparks imagination, inspires learning and nurtures growth through play. For more information, contact WOW! at 303-604-2424 or visit
www.wowmuseum.com. WOW! Children's Museum is located at 110 N. Harrison Avenue in downtown Lafayette.