KENNEBUNKPORT – Seashore Trolley Museum has begun its summer tradition of hosting Ice Cream Night every Wednesday in July and August from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Guests are treated to an evening trolley ride on the museum’s heritage railway through its 350-acre campus and an ice cream sundae with all the fixin’s.
Guests of all ages make Ice Cream Night at Seashore Trolley Museum a family tradition each summer. The event is held every Wednesday evening in July and August. Courtesy photo/Seashore Trolley Museum
Tickets are $12/person (children ages 2 and younger are admitted free). Admission includes the trolley ride and ice cream sundae. Trolleys depart at 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Because Ice Cream Night is very popular, guests are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance at https://icecreamnight.eventbrite.com.
A portion of Ice Cream Night proceeds benefit the community. Seashore Trolley Museum has selected nine nonprofit organizations, one for each of the nine Ice Cream Night events. The partner nonprofits will receive 50 percent of all ticket sales during their event; this means they receive $6 for every ticket sold to support their mission.
2023 Benefiting Ice Cream Night Nonprofits
July 5: The Center
July 12: Arundel Conservation Trust
July 19: Habitat for Humanity York County
July 26: Kennebunkport Conservation Trust
Aug. 2: Kennebunkport Parks & Recreation
Aug. 9: Kennebunk Free Library
Aug. 16: Brick Store Museum
Aug. 23: Kennebunk Portside Rotary Club
Families enjoy ice cream sundaes following a trolley ride at one of Seashore Trolley Museum’s past Ice Cream Night events. To purchase tickets, visit https://icecreamnight.eventbrite.com. Courtesy photo/Seashore Trolley Museum
Aug. 30: Friends of Wood Island Light
The event is sponsored by Saco & Biddeford Savings. For more information, email events@trolleymuseum.org or call 207-967-2800, ext. 110.
Patrons of the trolley museum experience history in motion on interactive trolley rides on the museum’s heritage electric railway, which once served as a portion of Maine’s Atlantic Shore Line Railway (1904-1927). Subway cars, locomotives, buses, a switching tower and other interesting artifacts are also on display around the museum’s grounds. The Museum Store offers several locally-made gifts. The campus and trolley rides are dog-friendly.
For more information about Seashore Trolley Museum and to check out the special events calendar, visit www.trolleymuseum.org.
Preserved and restored trolleys from the 1900s will take families on a ride through history on Seashore Trolley Museum’s heritage railway during each Ice Cream Night event. Courtesy photo/Seashore Trolley Museum
Comments are not available on this story.
Send questions/comments to the editors.
