National Road Heritage Foundation

02/15/2025

One of our many exhibits that examine the experiences of those who traveled the National Road. See it for yourself every Saturday from 10am to 3pm.

02/15/2025

With slippery Road and sidewalk conditions, for the safety of our guests and volunteers, the National Road Museum will be closing early, at 12:30 today.

02/08/2025

The National Road Museum and Boonsboro trolley Station Museum are open until 3:00 p.m. today, and we aren't expecting much more than light flurries until this evening.

If you stop by today, a local Girl Scouts troop is set up across the street selling cookies until around noon!

01/28/2025

Stagecoaches on the National Road weren’t just for passengers. Pete Burdine, one of the best and fastest drivers on the road was employed by the Good Intent Stage Company to transport oysters from Baltimore to Cincinnati in record time. It was reported in the November 28, 1835 edition of the Washington Reporter that, "Oysters are now carried from Baltimore to Cincinnati in five days, by the line recently established on the National Road for that purpose. This we believe is traveling more rapidly, or full as fast, as the United States Mail."

01/23/2025

Changes in technology and public road use caused sharp declines and revivals of the National Road over the past two centuries. Visit the National Road Museum in Boonsboro, MD this Saturday from 10 to 3 to learn more about some of these changes, and be a part of a new era of revival by traveling the byway and visiting the stops along the National Road Interpretive Trail! https://nationalrdfoundation.org/the-national-road/travel-the-road-overview/

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An unknown author wrote, "We hear no more the clanging hoof and the stagecoach rattling by, for the steam king rules the traveled world, and the Old Pike is left to die." By the late 1870's travel along the National Road was reduced to local traffice and the occassional explorer. Trains ruled travel as they were faster and more comfortable than travel along the road.

01/17/2025

We were honored to host the Boonsboro Economic Development Commission networking event at the National Road Museum last night, and introduce many of our business neighbors to the newest museum around!

The National Road Museum and Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum are both open tomorrow, Saturday December 18th, from 10am to 3pm if you would like to come see the museum for yourself!

01/14/2025

As we pass the one-month anniversary of our opening, we would once again like to thank our founding donors, without whom we would not have been able to open our doors.

If you haven't had the chance to visit the museum yet, we are located at 214 North Main Street in Boonsboro Maryland and open every Saturday 10am To 3pm. For a suggested donation admission fee our guests are welcome to tour both the National Road Museum and neighboring Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum .

01/11/2025

Boonsboro will only received an inch of snow, so our museums will remain open today from 10:00 until 3:00 p.m.

Please note that our curbside dropoff space and street parking are limited and the lot beside the museum is not available. Sidewalks between the Shafer Park lot and our museums have been cleared and guests are encouraged to use that lot.

01/04/2025

Some snow may have fallen but you don't need a sleigh to visit the National Road this weekend. Our winter hours of 10am - 3pm every Saturday continue for the next several months for both the National Road Museum and Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum!

Learn more at NationalRdFoundation.org

12/21/2024

Enjoy its beauty and learn about the Wheeling Suspension Bridge when you visit the National Road Museum in Boonsboro, MD!

The National Road played a crucial role in the westward expansion of the United States during the early 19th century. It provided settlers, merchants, and entrepreneurs with the means to reach and cultivate the western areas of the nation.

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12/21/2024

The National Road Museum and Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum remain open until 3:00 today, and as a happy surprise we are now joined today by our neighbors hosting the Sweet Grub Machine food truck!

12/18/2024

Starting this Saturday, you can visit the National Road Museum and Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum every Saturday From 10am - 3pm.

12/15/2024

Today is day two of our opening weekend! Visit the new National Road Museum and Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum until 4pm today!

214 N. Main St., Boonsboro, Maryland!

Learn more at NationalRdFoundation.org

12/13/2024

TOMORROW is opening day, we look forward to seeing you between 10am and 4pm either day this weekend!

We are ONE WEEK away from opening! Join us next Saturday & Sunday, December 14th & 15th, as we open our doors for the first time!

During this opening weekend, we will be open 10am - 4pm both days. You can find us at 214 North Main Street, Boonsboro, Maryland. A suggested donation admission includes tours of both the National Road Museum and Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum.

Visit https://NationalRdFoundation.org to learn more!

12/11/2024

Last evening, we welcomed our valued donors to a preview reception in advance of the National Road Museum's opening. We couldn't have opened the museum without their support!

Make your plans to check out the museum this Saturday or Sunday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

A special thank you to Branded Chophouse, Il Forno, and Big Cork Vineyards for their food and wine donations.

12/07/2024

We are ONE WEEK away from opening! Join us next Saturday & Sunday, December 14th & 15th, as we open our doors for the first time!

During this opening weekend, we will be open 10am - 4pm both days. You can find us at 214 North Main Street, Boonsboro, Maryland. A suggested donation admission includes tours of both the National Road Museum and Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum.

Visit https://NationalRdFoundation.org to learn more!

11/28/2024

This Thanksgiving, we are thankful to our many donors who have made it possible for the National Road Museum to be opening in only 2 weeks!

Opening the doors is not the end of our journey, however. As Giving Tuesday approaches, consider making a contribution to the National Road Heritage Foundation. Learn more at https://nationalrdfoundation.org/donate

11/22/2024

THE CASSELMAN RIVER BRIDGE (Built 1813) a.k.a.-as per the vintage postcard inscription: ‘The Great Old Stone Bridge’ is pictured in Grantsville, Maryland. This was part of the original configuration of the National Road in Grantsville. Traffic traveled across it from 1813 to 1933. Pictured on the span here is a horse-drawn cart and a dog on the road.