11th Annual Marx Toy & Train Collectors
National Convention
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The dates for our 12th Anniversary Marx Convention have already been set!
The 12th Annual Marx Convention will be held June 18 & 19, 2010! As always, we plan on having a great time, with new and exciting things!
Thursday June 25th:
- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM: During regular museum hours, those of you arriving to town early can stop at the museum, pick up your registration packets, and tour or browse the museum. If you've found yourself too busy with your tables during the show, HERE'S another chance to see the museum!
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM For early arriving table holders, the trading halls will open for an hour on Thursday evening for you to place your boxes on your tables ONLY. This is NOT a trading time, just a setup time for our dealers' convenience.
Friday June 26th:
- 9:00 AM Registration Desk Opens / Tableholders may unload and setup.
- 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Convention attendees only swap meet.
- 1:00 PM Workshop: Bud Kovacs, of the Virtual Marx Museum (www.marxmuseum.com), will put on an exhibition and talk entitled "Unusual Marx". See some rather unique and interesting items that most folks don't know were made by Marx!
- 3:00 PM Workshop: Scott Stewart, of Stewart's Attic (www.stewartsattic.com) will present the workshop "Casting in Modelmaking and Toy Repair". Come learn some of the tricks of the trade, and see how to cast your own parts!
- 6:30 PM: We're holding an evening "get together" at Undo's of Elm Grove! Not an organized "banquet" mind you, so each will be responsible for their own food/beverage costs. But a great chance to kick back and have an evening of fun with fellow Marx collectors!
Saturday June 27th:
- 8 AM to 9 AM table holders can load and unpack.
- 9 AM to 3 PM All Marx Swap Meet, museum building (this session will also be open to all
museum visitors).
- 11:00 AM: Workshop - Unusual or rare Marx display and discussion - bring along your favorite Marx
toy or train to show off to fellow collectors! Some rather interesting items have been
showing up at these sessions!
- 12:30 PM Workshop: "Rebirth of the 'Prototype Room'. Our museum curator, Allan Miller, will take everyone on a tour of the new incarnation of Kruger Street's toy prototype collection!
- 3:00 to 5:00 PM Pack up of tables, final tours of museum.
Have a safe trip back home! We hope to see you next year!
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- Tours of the Kruger Street Toy Museum will be taking place from 9 AM to 5 PM on Thursday, June 25th,
Friday, June 26th, and Saturday, June 27th. Your convention name badge will serve as your
pass to tour the museum. You are also free to return to visit any of the displays during
the course of the convention.
* Tickets for any ticketed events (Saturday's Victoria Vaudeville show, for example) will need to be purchased from those sites directly. You should be able to get tickets for those events/sites at the door once you are in Wheeling, or you could contact them directly. Check the museum's Links page to get to their websites!
** YOU are responsible for items on your table at all times when the convention area is
open to all attendees. The Museum will provide nighttime security. Please be sure to watch
your table(s).
Want to be placed on our convention email list?
Just send us an email telling us this, and you will receive an email copy
of the convention registration materials each year as soon as they are finalized!
Email us at museum@toyandtrain.com.
Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum
144 Kruger Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 242-8133 or 1-877-242-8133
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The Victoria Vaudeville Theatre in Wheeling, where some of us will be going on Saturday
night, is nationally known as the "No. 1 Variety Show in America".
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