The museum is open from **12 noon** to **5 pm**, **Tuesdays** through **Saturdays**.
You can experience a **full-sized exact replica** of the motorman's platform of a **1911 San Francisco streetcar**, where kids of all ages can feel what it was like to be at the controls. You'll also find **unique historic artifacts**, **illustrative and informative displays**, **rarely seen archival photography**, and **audio-visual exhibits** that use 21st-century technology to bring rail transit in the 19th and 20th centuries to life.
The gift shop features **unique San Francisco gifts**, **souvenirs**, and **memorabilia** not available anywhere else. You can find products evoking San Francisco's **vintage rail past and present**, including **logo mugs**, **shirts**, **coasters**, and more. Many more products celebrating **streetcar and cable car history** in the city by the bay are also available.
Yes, you can rent the museum for **private parties and special events**.
You can support the museum by becoming a **member**, **donating**, or **volunteering**. Your support will help make San Francisco's historic transit great and operate the museum.