What can I say? It is poorly managed.

That said, I think the summer camp management were the same folks who ran the overnight camp, so you’d have to rebuild that as well.

The Franklin Institute laid off a far higher percentage of its staff than any other local museum. They laid off something like 2/3 of the staff at the end of March 2020, before any federal loans kicked in. There was a second round in June that year. There might not be anyone left who was involved in that Camp-In program in any capacity. They may have to rebuild it completely.

Also, that place is like the most mouse-infested in the city. A huge old structure that hosts hundreds of elementary schoolers every day who snack all throughout the building.

I was there starting around 2009 and the train was still moving. Only worked there seasonally so I don’t know when things changed, but I believe it stopped moving in the mid-2010s. My understanding was that after 80ish years in one place moving back and forth on the same small stretch of rails, the rails (and wheels?) were kinda badly misshapen.

It’s been the better part of a decade since the old Baldwin 60,000 moved. I haven’t been at TFI since March 2020 and it had been stationary for years by then.