What a great little Route 66 Museum! You dont want to miss this but call to be sure they are open. Its Small but Mighty! The museum displays a collection of historic photographs and artifacts related to Route 66 history and organized into different sections so its easy to view and not crowded.They also have a great selection of Rte 66 T-shirts and other great Rte 66 items for sale in their gift shop!Dont forget to check out the Historic train station and Harvey House its a part of....The Harvey House Railroad Depot was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, great photo opps

Super fun little hidden gem. Lots of awesome souvenirs, kind staff, tons of information on route 66, very cool antiques to look at. Im really glad we stopped here.

Great historical museum with quite a variety of displays to explore!

Barstow, California. Middle of the desert, is where this architectural beauty sits. No longer open to the public, it seems. The Barstow Harvey house looked vacant, but well maintained. Amazing tall white pillars, arched entry ways and what looks like a ballroom on the inside! I wouldnt make this a destination, but certainly nice to look at while passing through Barstow.

Oh wahoooo super lot of many nice things, new items, they even had free items.Place is awesome all kind of thins here

If you like Americana this is a great place.Wonderful and friendly staff.

Cool place. Friendly staff. Interesting history.

We knew this was closed but wanted to stop by anyway. Our trip will not allow us to stop here during open hours. Lots of cool signs in the town and the trains. Maybe some other day to see inside. Rt 66.

Comfortable touring in the wilderness with a small town feel. We experienced the gentle touch of kind locals wanting to help make this an epic stay. Quiet, slow, and reminiscent of a good life in the hot desert. Wow! it was a heater. Takes some getting used to oven based dry heat. Better than humidity in a sense.

Nice museum. Brings back memories of the good old days

April 9, 2021: Theyre open Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Free admission. Plan on 30 minutes to 1 hour. Its 50% Route 66, 50% local history. Train museum behind the building is also open Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Stayed in Barstow for the night and decided to go and check out the Museum. It had a sign on the door stating that it was Unexpectedly Closed June 18, 19, 20th. Make sure you call ahead to make sure it will be open prior to your visit.

Really cool place to visit. More to explore in there than it seems from the outside. Great gifts and volunteer staff are really friendly and knowledgeable.

Not bad here for a little quick trip n you wanna know about the history of train that use to be here.

Nice place to stop at for a quick visit. Lots of route 66 items to buy. Etc. Lots of historic relic and items. And lots of sourviners...

Lots of cool Route 66 stuff. Definitely stop by if in the area.

It has free admission but they like you to sign there book. The people who were there were helpful and had a lot of information to give. There was three other Museums in the same area. One about nasa, Harveys House, and one about Trains.

Great experience forthe Youth, and their chaperone who have never been to something like this before.

Nice museum. Free admission. Donations always appreciated. Open Friday to Saturday. 10:00 am to 4 pm. Sunday 10 am - 4 pm.

Free entry into the museum. Such a wonderful mix of items from the past. Plenty of variety, not just car stuff. They also sell souvenirs and some helpful travel information. We also made a small donation for the volunteers and the upkeep of the museum.

Cool place with an interesting history of American transport, particularly cars and trains. According to the website, the place is run entirely by volunteers as well. Lots of stuff in the gift shop, a good assortment of memorabilia for the collector.

A worthwhile stop that is 3.5 miles from interstate 15. Most of the history is about Barstow, but there is a lot of Route 66 stuff. Plus you get to visit the free railroad museum next door.

Great place to visit, full of history! Also super friendly staff. Dont miss this!

We had a great time looking at the NASA museum. Got a little lost and found this place and very happy we did

Nice place in a wonderful building. Thanks to the volunteers!

Awesome place, full of beautiful stuff to get great 👍place the owner very nice and friendly train museum too the ladies very nice 😀

Very fun and educational for all ages. Lots of things to learn abd see

Unfortunately we arrived for our 2nd visit on the 4th of July so it was closed. Catcha next time.

This museum even if small is filled up with real cool stuff not only strictly related to the Route 66. The entrance is free and the volunteers working there are very happy to give informations and to talk about the history of this famous route. The shop has very nice gifts. The time spent here is very worth.

Didnt go inside, outside railroad equipment display is nice.BUT BE CAREFUL THIEVES EXIST THERE.Stold two duffel bags out of the back of my pickup truck in March 2019.

Friendly service. Fun souvenir and memorabilia

The outside was amazing to get to see everything up close. The fairy garden by the big tree was beautiful..

Kinda tack but also fun

Its such a good stop by if u drive from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, another railway museum located at the next door of route66 museum. Grab some snack or foods, like Dennys from the town after visiting, garantee you are not in rush, its perfect.

Great museum and it‘s Free， free parking .

Quaint..really interesting

My 7 year old loved it

Great little museum with tons of information everywhere! And no entree fee.

A lot of information if you like to read a lot of detail about this route. Was very interesting.

Some interesting stuff, not all had to do with Route 66. I would have like to see more information on the history of the road.

Interesting place to visit. Also visited the NASA display upstairs in the station building (September, 2017). The outside railway locos ara sight to see close up.

Temporary closed. Giving 5 starts cause i hope to see it in the future.

On 11/22/20 Was A Whole Lotta Fun ! My Favorite moment was when I caught The Military Train 🔥

Another Route 66 museum that is worth a visit. Just be mindful it is not on Route 66. Its located in the old train station buildings.

Next to the railroad museum. Because I like trains as well, a twofer!

Very nice if you like history!

Love this place is easy for me and took my friend or family to photoshoots my own photography. This is perfect quite!

Absolutely a must-see!!! A bit hidden and with a very narrow open time, but it is one of the best things to do if you like route 66 stuff. Admission is free. History, souvenirs, information and an outstandingly kind clerk will help you out.

A forgotten jewell of history that has plenty of interesting highlights. Includes one of the remaining Harvey Houses that date back to the first transcontinental railroad. Interesting railroad display, route 66 museum, and even a NASA display from the nearby Deep Space Network Goldstone tracking complex. Easy access off I-15

Nice stop.

This museum was very informative. It was FREE! The place is small and cozy but its definitely worth the trip. They have the Harvey House and the Railroad Museum all next to eachother and they are free as well. Theres a really cool gift shop inside. My son, husband and I enjoyed ourselves!

Barstow, Calif.Small museum up in barstow by the harvey house. Has a small gift shop.The site itself is cluttered with artifacts, signs, paper clips, a mustang, couple old motor bikes and a pinball machine.Good for kids.Calling it mother is a stretch.Location: A10 min from I-15.Roads/Parking: APlenty and free.Cost: AFree.Overall: ANothing to travel thousands of miles for. Ideal if your commuting to/from vegas or to/from grand canyons to so cal.Notable nearbys:Located at the Harvey House.Train museum and planet exhibition is walking distance.Back way to Big Bear, Morongo/Palm Springs and Fort Irwin.Nearby up the street is the Discovery/Geology Museum, Mojave River Museum and Historic DT Barstow where Roys cafe and bunch of Rte 66 signs are.Barstow also has a huge outlets that is famous for Asian tourists.Safe traveling.@cigarcpa.

A lot of history

Great little museum

Better than the buss

Hometown history is always appreciated

Tucked away in the old Barstow train station/Harvey House, this free museum has many remembrances of Route 66 in the California desert. And a significant gift shop with many interesting books on the mother road. Donations gladly accepted.

Fun and informative !

We visited the lovely Desert Museum in Barstow and were encouraged to bring our kids to the Route 66 Museum. Everyone was excited as we entered but we were greeted at the door by 2 very sour faced gentlemen who promptly told us that the museum is not meant for children and we needed to make sure they didnt touch anything. Then they proceeded to have a conversation about why anyone would bring kids to a museum like this. I never saw a sign saying no kids allowed but we did not stay long. The area outside the museum is lovely with a great railroad museum and a historic rail yard.

Lovely museum! You can take good pictures there. They have a big motorcycle and an old car. You can get cool souvenirs from Route 66 too! The owners give you a lot of facts about that route, the history, good moments, sad moments. Please, buy something there, definitely worth it! And... Its cheaper compared to Las Vegas, NV.

Fun place, lots of memorabilia. Kids had a blast here and at a few other adjacent museums.

Everything was close, nowhere to use the restroom.

To see a Harvey House was a real treat. The bldg was restored wonderfully. The active railyard and Amtrak stop further fueled our imaginations of a train stopping and folks coming in to a meal. The photos on the dining room walls gave a sense of what would have taken place. However no recreation of workers quarters, or a working facility are there. We were there the day route 66 museum was closed. A good portion of upstairs is taken up by NASA display, not an interest of ours. Still a nice stop and place to visit. Lots of RR rolling stock to wander and see.

Only open on weekends is not conducive to retired folk who like to travel and visit new places.

A cute quaint Museum. Friendly helpful staff. Good for a free museum. Only open on the weekends.

Cool place.

Another Must Stop to see. Great museum with so much to see and such wonderful staff. And the building is so historical!

Really cool if you are into route 66 nostalgia small but quaint. many small historical things to look at, nice volunteers!.

Excellent museum on the subject of Route 66 and with a take on it from Barstows point of view plus there is a Railway museum next door which is also very interesting.

If you crossed the country in the 60s or maybe even earlier, this place will take you back there.Its not real large (the Route 66 portion) but it is really full of some neat stuff. Theres things from WWII to what you would like to think is current events (70s- 80s). That depends on your age. Its an example of current events for an older history teacher. I wanted to buy some of the signs and tourist merchandise but I refrained because I dont know what to do with it when I get home.There is a train section of museum adjoining which is part of this travel town. I had other destinations and didnt take time to check it out.

Really enjoyed talking to the couple behind the counter. They gave us great pointers for following route 66 on the way home.

Cant rate it. Was closed

Great friendly people. Lots of memorabilia. Fun.

Helpful people

Small museum, but it does have interesting things. If you are ever by it or just want to go do something go check it out. Would be 5 star but my sister got biten from a black ant outside : /

Beautiful restoration but the museum was closed :-( Very limited hours.

May be great BUT took some driving to locate and then closed... limited hours so check first.

Cute little place with many curios from the past. Great conversation, too.

Love their vintage items and assorted designs of souvenir ladies and mens tops ! Staff is very friendly and accomodating.

LOTS of Rte 66 memorabilia and souvenirs. Highly recommended!

Interesting store and museum located at the Barstow railroad station.

Not a lot to do in Bartow but the few things there are to do are worth the effort..Simpler times remind us of Americas fabric ...our past generations doing life without all the techno trappings we are so caught up in and dependent on..America the beautiful!! Even in Barstow

More of a souveneir shop than a museum but still worth a quick look.

Awesome museum. Very interesting and informative.

Great museum and gift shop, with just about everything you need to know about and want to buy on Route 66.

Only saw the outside, as the museum unfortune is open in the weekends (friday to sunday). Enjoyed the outside though😊

If you love anything about Route 66, you must come here. So much to see.

Awesome!

Well worth the stop, very informative museum, helpful and friendly staff. The Harvey House old railroad depot is beautiful.

This place was so full of things to see it really needs 2 trips to take it all in. Great place, great people running it, and an amazing collection of all the small, and not so small, peices of route 66 history.

Lots of memorabilia from yesteryear but not well organized. Im a route 66 fan so glad i visited. Nice staff.

On the Southwest Chief from LA to Chicago great fun !! Menu limited but some thing for everyone!

Worth the drive to get here. Great environment, time capsule pieces and great people.

The Harvey House was very interesting!Lots of history and lots of railroad artifacts!Really enjoyed it and the guard knew a lot!

Interesting but not big enough.

Lots of good stuff about the Mother Road, Historic US Route 66. Plus the vintage Harvey House on the track side of the building with a NASA Deep Space Network exhibit on the second floor.

Excellent place to be overwhelmed with historical info... 😂 Ill be back to analyze what I didnt get to today...

It was full of wonderful artifacts. But even better was the husband and wife showing us around.

Nice owners. Neat unique gifts

Super little museum overflowing with exhibits - well worth a visit, very friendly people!