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Auburn Valley State Park with Marshall Steam Museum |
19736 Yorklyn, DE, United States of America (USA) (Delaware) |
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| Address |
3000 Creek Road
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| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Open Air Museum
- Passenger cars
- Steam engines/generators/pumps
- Model Railway
- Mechanical Music Instruments
- Architecture
- Steam engines-models
- Busses
- Garden Railway
- Telephone / Telex
- Mills
- Steam engine car
- Electric cars
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Opening times
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Marshall Steam Museum: Thursday, Friday: 1pm - 4pm, excluding major holidays
See “Calendar of Events“ for opening days! Tours of the Marshall Mansion start at 1pm & 3pm, promptly from the Mansion porch, and last approximately 1 hour. STEAMIN’ Day: June - November: 1st Sundays of month: 12:30pm – 4:30pm. |
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Status from 01/2024
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Mansion or Museum: $8; child: $4; Mansion and Museum: $14 Train Day: adult: $15; child (age 1-12): $10 STEAMIN’ Day: adult: $15; child (age 1-12): $10 |
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| Contact |
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| Homepage | auburnheights.org | ||||
auburnheights.org 
| Location / Directions |
Yorklyn lies along Delaware Route 82 northwest of the city of Wilmington. Yorklyn is home to Auburn Valley State Park which includes the Friends of Auburn Heights Preserve and Marshall Steam Museum. The park also features what the state bills as the largest collection of operational steam cars in the world, and a miniature coal-powered train that runs on tracks encircling the estate. The mansion, mills, and steam museum were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Auburn Mills Historic District. |
| Description | Marshall Steam Museum The Marshall Steam Museum has the largest operating collection of Stanley Steamer cars in the world. T. Clarence Marshall, the youngest son of Israel Marshall and the father of Thomas Marshall, was fascinated by the steam power that operated the family's mills. He became a licensed dealer for Stanley Motor Carriage Company and began acquiring a personal collection of steam automobiles. The collection was first opened to the public in the 1970s. Following its donation in 2008 by Tom Marshall, the collection is owned by the nonprofit Friends of Auburn Heights Preserve which operates the park in partnership with the state. The collection is housed in the Auburn Heights carriage house, where a team of volunteers maintains the vehicles so that they remain fully operational. Included in the collection are: Visitors are able to view the collection, and on certain days rides on the cars and trains are offered to the general public. The park has a field trip program in which visiting students can learn about the history of transportation technology and steam power. Group Tour Options: Auburn Heights Mansion Tour Marshall Steam Museum Tour Touch Tour Offered by advance reservation Train Days STEAMIN’ Days |
| Description (other) |
16 steam cars are in this museum: 1901 Mobile 1902 Stanley Stick-Seat Runabout Steam 1905 Stanley Runabout Model CX Steam 1907 Stanley Semi-Racer Model K Steam 1908 Stanley Model EX Steam 1908 Stanley Gentleman’s Speedy Roadster H-5 Steam 1910 Stanley Touring Model 71 Steam 1912 Stanley Touring Model 87 Steam 1913 Stanley Model 76 Steam 1913 Stanley Roadster Model 78 Steam 1914 Stanley Model 607 Steam 1915 Stanley Mountain Wagon Model 820 Steam 1916 Stanley Touring Model 725 Steam 1918 Stanley Touring Model 735 Steam 1922 Stanley Touring Model 740 Steam 1924 Stanley Model 750 Steam 1 electric car is in this museum: 1916 Rauch and Lang Electric Brougham 3 cars with Internal combustion engine are in this museum: 1914 Ford Model T Gas 1932 Packard Phaeton Model 905 Gas 1937 Packard Model 1508 Gas |
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