Mahwah Museum Offers Extra Hours For Holiday Train Display

MAHWAH, NJ - The Mahwah Museum will offer extra hours this season for locals to come check out its holiday train display.

The Donald Cooper Model Railroad - a 15 x 20 foot scale model - will be open on Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m. from Nov. 29 through Dec. 20, according to the museum.

The display will also be available to view on Saturdays and Sundays between 1 and 4 p.m. And, on Dec. 20, Santa will visit from 7:00 pm to 7:30pm.

The railroad model operates more than 11 trains and contains street fairs, a skateboard park, a subway system, construction sites and a replica of the Great Falls in Paterson.

It is also open from weekends, from 1 to 4 p.m. between September and June.

The museum is located at 201 Franklin Turnpike and open weekends and Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission $5 for non-members, while members and children are free.

Visit mahwahmuseum.org or call 201-512-0099 for information on events, membership and volunteering.

Quiz Yourself On Mahwah History

When the museum reopened for the season on Sept. 22, it unveiled three new exhibits:

• A College Comes to Mahwah, Ramapo College 1965-1975
• Palisades Amusement Park Comes to Mahwah
• Mahwah's His-TREE, 75 Years as a Township.

Permanent displays at the museum are Les Paul in Mahwah and The Donald Cooper Model Railroad.