Baltimore Streetcar Museum Looks Toward a New Roundhouse Campus

Streetcars stand outside the Baltimore Streetcar Museum’s existing brick carhouse.

The Baltimore Streetcar Museum is looking toward a new chapter on Falls Road, with plans centered on restoring the former Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad roundhouse at 2601 Falls Road. Its proposed campus would connect the preservation of historic streetcars with the reuse of a historic transportation building.

The project received renewed attention in an October 14th Baltimore Business Journal report describing a planned $28 million relocation. The museum’s own account is more preliminary: it says planning is underway with the City of Baltimore, with initial work intended to make the structure safe and secure before a phased transformation over future years.

That distinction matters for visitors. The proposal is a future campus vision, not an announcement that the museum has already moved. Its current public address remains 1901 Falls Road, and the museum continues to publish operating hours and events for that location.

Architect Ziger|Snead’s master-plan description identifies the roundhouse as a 1910 structure and outlines its potential as a museum space for displaying streetcars. The concept emphasizes the restored timber framework, tall ceilings and daylight from above. Those features would make the building itself part of the experience of seeing and understanding the vehicles.

The museum describes its wider mission as preserving and interpreting public-transportation history, especially Baltimore’s electric-streetcar era. A roundhouse campus would give that work a setting tied directly to the region’s railroad past. The official project language remains focused on planning and future phases, rather than a firm public opening date.

For a visit this fall, the published schedule lists Sunday hours from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a Halloween event on October 24th and 25th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission includes unlimited streetcar rides, access to the visitors’ center and, when available, a carhouse tour. The museum also lists free admission for EBT or SNAP card holders.

Check the museum’s visitor page before traveling for current hours and admission details. Follow PowerPage’s Power Beat coverage for more on Baltimore’s cultural institutions, neighborhood developments and practical local updates.