KENNEBUNKPORT — A 5,600-square-foot expansion of Seashore Trolley Museum’s Fairview Carbarn continues this summer.

This capital improvement project follows closely on the heels of the 4,200-square-foot expansion of Fairview completed in January.

According to Seashore Trolley Museum Executive Director Sally Bates, in 2016 the museum also made major improvements at its Donald G. Curry Town House Shop.

“The Fairview expansions improve storage for 50 collection vehicles and also improve the appearance of the museum campus,” Bates said. “Funding for the project in process has come from donations by museum members, and grants from the 20^thCentury Electric Railway Foundation and the East Hill Foundation.”

She said that the museum has raised $310,000 of the $350,000 needed for the expanded space to be made fully functional.

Established in 1939, Seashore Trolley Museum, the operating entity of New England Electric Railway Historical Society, is the world’s oldest and largest electric railway (and public transit) museum.

New England Electric Railway Historical Society shares powerful connections between the past and present. The society  preserves knowledge, context, and resources for future generations by collecting, restoring, operating, and exhibiting significant public transit vehicles and artifacts.

Seashore Trolley Museum can be found at 195 Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport.  www.trolleymuseum.org

For more information, visit  www.trolleymuseum.org or call 967-2800.