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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Kinda tack but also fun

Friendly service. Fun souvenir and memorabilia

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.

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

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

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.

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.

It was closed when we stopped by.

So wish it wad still in 1 piece

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

Goog passive.

LOTS of Rte 66 memorabilia and souvenirs. Highly recommended!

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

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.

Awesome museum. Very interesting and informative.

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.

Interesting store and museum located at the Barstow railroad station.

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

Great friendly people. Lots of memorabilia. Fun.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Great museum and it‘s Free， free parking .

Very cool place, lots of great memorabilia!

Interesting but not big enough.

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

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.

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.

Great place to shop and enjoy memorabilia

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

Nice owners. Neat unique gifts

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

Wery good place

I love their big tank

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

Very good, lots of information, but no take away info sheets.

Driving through this is like driving through history, route is simply amazing

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

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

A wonderfully interesting road trip, I highly recommend it.

A must see place. So much history. And for FREE. Cant beat that.

Great little museum that has a lot of little facts about Rte 66 and the surrounding area.

I liked, very interesting place,

Very good attention.

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

Stopping here brought back so many memories of riding the train and taking the drive. This was the highlight of our trip! And the history here...wow!

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 : /

Cool lit spot learned alot

Brilliant place to spend time

Cool little museum

Never forget this amazing trip

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.

Nice place to visit. Nice people.

This place just takes you back in time, lots of things to see

Fun little museum!

Driving over this old bridge is really cool.

So good to go there

Alot of history. Could of spent all day there.

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

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.

Very good museum

Great place to visit

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

Must see. Odd hours. So check ahead of visit. But a must see. Hour was Not enough

Very nice place

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

Good place for a night out.

More of a gift shop than a museum

What an awesome place to visit.

Great museum, nice locals. Nice place to catch a souvenir of Route 66.

Thoroughly enjoyed the visit to this gem of a museum in Barstow and was impressed by the cost and quality of the gifts and souvenirs.

Very nice museum and its FREE , they have a train museum also next door , alot of old things to look at

Lots of detail. Great place.

This was a very interesting place to visit. Lotd of 66 memorabilia.

Sweet little volinteer-run museum. Nice roadside attraction stop.

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

Very interesting and filled with cool things like a marquee from an old diner, two vintage collection cars, arcade games, an old motorcycle, a ton of photos, and many others. If youre lucky, the owners might be around to tell you stories form when they actually used some of them (like the car).

So , so place .Ppplenty to see.Friendly workers . Hard to find friendly workers anywhere !.