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Model Trains Museum

Model Trains Museum
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Established1 December 2001; 24 years ago (2001-12-01)[1]
LocationKoolbaaibergstraat 12[2]
San Nicolaas, Aruba[2]
Coordinates12°26′4.4″N 69°53′20.31″W / 12.434556°N 69.8889750°W / 12.434556; -69.8889750
DirectorJ. de Vries[1]

The Model Trains Museum is a private museum in the town of San Nicolaas in Aruba.[2] It covers the history of train traffic from 1875 to the present.[3] The museum is on the ground floor of a private residence, and includes model trains from England, Germany, the U.S., and Canada, and a number of model planes and automobiles as well.[3][1]

The museum's collection was initially started by the Dutch Mr. de Vries who had collected model trains his whole life.[4]

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Aruba Model Train Museum - VisitAruba.com". www.visitaruba.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Aruba Model Train Museum". www.aruba.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 Alofs, L. (2003). The Aruba Heritage Report (PDF). Aruba National Commission for Unesco. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 April 2012. (Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine)
  4. "The Railways of Aruba, 2014". www.internationalsteam.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-25.