The St. Louis County Depot

The Depot is NOT what it used to be! With the Art Institute gone, the Children’s Museum gone, the art exhibits gone, The Duluth Playhouse gone. The stage in the great hall is walled off. All the character, uniqueness, art, and the community vibe is gone. Also the half moon wooden desk at the entryway is gone. It was a unique community building and now it’s been taken over by the county and everything has become somewhat uniform and dull. Hopefully they can bring back the artsy artistic creative colorful community vibe that used to exist. Good public bathrooms, very clean. There is a women and men’s bathroom on the main floor and then half the woman’s has been cordoned off for a gender neutral bathroom space. Train museum is still very cool. To access the train cars themselves you have to go up 2-3 steep steps or a small flight of wooden stairs. Just something to keep in mind if you have mobility concerns.

Took the train during the Grandmas Marathon with my Mom and Dad to watch my wife run. It was amazing. The crew on the train exceeded all expectations. It was an amazing experience.

We really enjoyed the museum. It exceeded pur expectations. I am so glad we went. We also went on short train ride. I wished we would have planned better and been able to go on the all day trip to Two Harbors.

The Duluth Depot is an awesome and historic place to visit for locals and tourists. The summer months are great to visit especially when they have Thomas the Train during the month of August every year, and really cool during the Christmas holiday when they have the Christmas train leaving Fitgers and arriving at the Depot! Plus, the added bonus, the eerie bit awesome spirits that are in the Depot at night I believe as seen on "Ghost Hunters" on TV.

Such a cool piece of history on its own, but there also several high quality museum exhibits which are totally free to view. I highly recommend stopping in.

Very impressed! First off, the ticket agent asked if I might be a veteran, I told him I was. He informed me that happily the policy had been updated and families up to 5 members can visit for no charge when with a veteran. Thank you for that honor! The museum was great! Two teenage girls spent over 2 hours exploring on their own! It rained 5" the day we were there, and we never cared. A great place!

Very nice museum. Lots of stuff to see and you could spend the whole day looking at the trains. Would definitely come back again!

The Duluth depot is a very historic building. It was constructed in approximately 1892 when Duluth was the railway hub of the north. When you go down the stairs (where people went to board the trains) there is a very impressive railroad museum which allows you to go in a variety of different historical railroad cars.