Robertsdale Museum
The Robertsdale Museum will be open April 12 and 19 during Easter on the Rails. The 2025 regular museum season will begin May 3rd. See the full list of dates below.
Please note that Robertsdale is NOT the location to ride East Broad Top Railroad trains. They depart from Rockhill, PA.
The Friends of the East Broad Top Museum presents the history of the East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, the industries it served in the surrounding area and the culture of the railroad, its employees and customers. The museum’s current exhibits are located in the historic Rockhill Iron and Coal Company Post Office and also includes the East Broad Top Railroad Station.
For 2024 the museum will be open Saturdays May through October from 10 AM to 5 PM. The museum will also be open to coincide with the East Broad Top Railroad’s Easter on the Rails event in April and Christmas in Coal Country in December. Those events take place in Rockhill, PA. See the full schedule below.
Admission to the FEBT Robertsdale Museum is FREE, but donations to our Restoration Fund are happily accepted and help our continued efforts to fully restore the East Broad Top Railroad.
Activities
The Henry F. (Hank) Inman Memorial Exhibit Hall includes numerous displays detailing the East Broad Top Railroad, dioramas, and artifacts. Interactive exhibits and audio commentary help convey the story.
Railbike tours of the historic mine district are available, weather permitting, on over a mile of restored East Broad Top mainline narrow gauge track. For more info on railbikes, visit Railbiking in Robertsdale.
Walking tours of the EBT yard and mine area are offered at 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM each day the museum is open. Good walking shoes for uneven terrain are recommended for the tour.
Outside the museum, three original East Broad Top Railroad Hoppers are under restoration as a full size exhibit on the railroads operations.
The museum includes a gift shop with a variety of EBT, railroad and coal mining items. Credit cards are accepted.
During select Archives Days at the museum, select items from the East Broad Top Archives and Special Collections will be on display and you can talk with Archivist Julie Rockwell.
On days marked Library Open, items in the FEBT Library will be available upon request. Visit the FEBT Library Page for more information.
2025 Museum Schedule
- Saturday Apr 12 (during EBT Easter on the Rails)
- Saturday Apr 19 (during EBT Easter on the Rails)
- Saturday May 3
- Saturday May 10
- Saturday May 17
- Saturday May 24
- Saturday May 31
- Saturday June 7
- Saturday June 14 – Archives Day
- Saturday June 21
- Saturday June 28
- Saturday July 5
- Saturday July 12
- Saturday July 19
- Saturday July 26
- Saturday Aug 2
- Saturday Aug 9 – Archives Day
- Saturday Aug 16
- Saturday Aug 23
- Saturday Aug 30
- Saturday Sep 6
- Saturday Sep 13
- Saturday Sep 20
- Saturday Sep 27
- Friday Oct 3 (Fall Reunion – NOTE date change)
- CLOSED Saturday Oct 4
- Sunday Oct 5 (Fall Reunion – NOTE date change)
- October 11 (during EBT Peanuts Halloween)
- October 18 (during EBT Peanuts Halloween)
- October 25 (during EBT Peanuts Halloween)
- November 29 (during EBT Christmas in Coal Country)(hours 10-4)
- December 6 (during EBT Christmas in Coal Country)(hours 10-4)
- December 13 (during EBT Christmas in Coal Country)(hours 10-4)
- December 20 (during EBT Christmas in Coal Country)(hours 10-4)
Getting to the Museum
The FEBT Museum is located in Broad Top Coal Country, 25 minutes southwest of Rockhill, PA where East Broad Top Railroad trains depart.
Friends of the East Broad Top Robertsdale Museum
Physical Address
570 South Main St, Robertsdale, PA 16674
Postal Address
PO Box 68, Robertsdale, PA. 16674-0068
Contacting the Museum
Please use the Contact Us link to reach museum personnel.
Phone (only answered while museum is open)
814-635-2388
(Note street number has changed from 550 to 570 effective June 2021)
Other Sites in Robertsdale
While in Robertsdale, also be sure to visit the Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum just down Main Street from the FEBT Museum. They have extensive exhibits about the railroads and mines of the Broad Top Coal Field, as well as about the people and communities of the region.
FEBT Archives
The FEBT has an active acquisition program for our museum and archives. We are constantly searching for and acquiring artifacts related to the railroad and its business, resulting in a collection that is constantly growing in both quantity and quality of presentation.
More Information
Here is some additional information about the Museum:
For further information, or to contact the FEBT Robertsdale museum regarding artifact donations, please Contact Us.