Private steam-era vehicle experiences and museum celebrations
Add a working steam car to a private museum celebration.
Marshall Steam Museum / Friends of Auburn Heights
The Marshall Steam Museum offers private Steamin’ Day charters and museum rentals with unusual add-ons. Its rental information lists antique-car or miniature-train rides, a steam-car firing-up demonstration and an attended photo session using period clothing and a selected antique auto. Friends of Auburn Heights operates the collection and railroad; the site also explicitly welcomes wedding inquiries.
Current location note / listed area: Yorklyn, Delaware museum at Auburn Heights; Hockessin used for GPS directions
Wedding arrangements are routed separately to Delaware State Parks. Confirm vehicle and qualified-operator availability, ride suitability, weather, capacity and access; no guest driving is implied. Ordinary reserved group tours explicitly exclude rides. Add-ons are not automatic with rental, and public Steamin’ Day inclusions do not define a private package. Ask about catering and strict artifact, flame and decoration restrictions.
Public-source research · 2026-10-30 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://auburnheights.org/about/private-parties/
- https://auburnheights.org/wp-content/uploads/Marshall-Steam-Museum-Rental-Info-including-Car-or-Train-Rides.pdf
- https://auburnheights.org/visit/tours/
- https://auburnheights.org/about/
- https://auburnheights.org/
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- Delaware · based
Owned homepage identifies the museum and Friends office physically at3000CreekRoad,YorklynDE, with Hockessin specified for navigation. Current private rental page and linked detailed package establish onsite activity. Friends owns the vehicles/railroad while state parks owns the property; whole museum consolidated, no park-system branch inflation.