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Museum featured as a must-see while visiting the Shenandoah Valley in the Charleston Gazette-Mail

Published: 11/12/2015

"The well-designed and innovative Childrens Museum that is a product of the Washington Heritage Trail in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle provides hands-on experiences. Its 6,000 square feet of exhibits and activities exist on four levels of the part new, part historic Caperton Train Station in downtown Martinsburg. Trackside is the oldest part of the building, the Old Berkeley Hotel and original train station waiting area. The old ticket counter is dominated by a Lego construction of historic downtown streets created by local children. Sharing the room is the Working on the Railroad exhibit displaying artifacts and hands-on activities connected with railroad jobs from Pullman porter to station agent as well as mechanics and other jobs that still exist today."

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