Welcome to the Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum! Located in beautiful Wheeling, WV, this is truly one unique place! Come and relive your childhood, bring back good memories, and share them with your friends, family or tour group - it will be a visit you won't soon forget!
Our exhibits of toys and trains from every generation are sure to bring a smile to your face! Our scale model of downtown Wheeling and our Ohio Valley room are great for the heritage minded tourists out there, and our operating train layouts are fun for everyone!
We are the IDEAL destination for your school group (check out our new educational programs on our "Especially for Teachers" page!), church or youth group, the PERFECT activity for your Family Reunion, and the ULTIMATE stop for the whole family, either when coming to Wheeling, West Virginia, or when just passing through the area on Interstate 70!
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Thanks to our friends at Triporia Travel Information Inc of Winnipeg, Canada, our museum video is now ONLINE! Click on the link below to go to their website and view our video, a little 8 minute sample of all of the wonders that await you here at the Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum!
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The Kruger Street Toy &
Train Museum in Wheeling, West Virginia, was the winner of the 2000 Grand Victorian Award
for Victorian building restoration, presented by the Victorian Wheeling Society! Check out
our new "Museum Restoration" page to see for yourself!
Since 1999, the Toy & Train Museum has also been the host site of the Annual Marx Toy & Train Collectors
National Convention, held Father's Day weekend in June each year. Also each June, the West Virginia Mego Meet comes to town! Elsewhere on this site, you will find
information on these annual events, as well as memories of past conventions and events!
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Located in a restored
Victorian-era schoolhouse, the Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum features guided or self-guided
tours (whichever you prefer), interactive displays, operating O and HO gauge train layouts, a unique and family friendly gift shop, a room dedicated to Ohio Valley history and culture, and a
restored railroad caboose onsite. Our building is fully handicapped accessible, air
conditioned, and has ample free parking onsite. And the building itself is a sight to behold!
And then there are the toys - you'll see thousands of toys of all types and ages, from dolls and dollhouses, to toy soldiers, trucks and cars, trains planes and ships, Western toys, space toys, cartoon characters, ride-on toys, and just about anything else you can think of to bring back those great memories of childhood!
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We hope you will enjoy your
walk through our website. You will find many interesting things here, from photos to
stories to tourist information on Wheeling, West Virginia, America's Heritage Gateway!
Maps, hours, and other vital information, along with a calendar of upcoming events at the
museum can be found on the 'map & information' page. |
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Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum
144 Kruger Street
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
(304)242-8133 or Toll Free 1-877-242-8133
FAX Line: (304) 242-1925
Email the museum: museum@toyandtrain.com.
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So much is happening here at the
museum, we decided that our website needed a "Current Events" page just to keep
up! Follow the link below to see the latest happenings here at the Kruger Street Toy &
Train Museum!
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[Kruger Street Breaking News!] |
Also, for an up to the minute calendar of events for the Museum, plus maps and directions, hours and days of operation, admission rates, and more, check out the "Map
and Information" page on our website! The current calendar of events is towards the
bottom of that page. New events and exhibits are being added all the time, so check back
often!
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[Kruger Street Map & Information Page!] |
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OUR PHILOSOPHY: "We at the
Eibel Corporation truly believe that all of us are children at heart. We created this
museum to help you find that child within and make good memories that last forever."
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PHOTOGRAPHY: Although many museums no longer permit photography by their visitors, we are different! Not only do we want you to enjoy SEEING the great toys of your childhood on your visit, but we also ENCOURAGE you to take all of the photos you want, so that you can take those memories home with you to share with others! Just remember to bring plenty of film and batteries, as there is so much here to photograph, you may run out!
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The Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum is the host site of the monthly meeting of the
Elm Grove Business Association, an organization made up of businesses in the Elm Grove
neighborhood of Wheeling, West Virginia. For more information on the Association, click on
the link below to visit their web page!
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The Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum is just a stone's throw from the Historic
National Road, which was recently designated as an All American Byway! A local grass-roots organization, the National Road Alliance of West
Virginia, is trying to give that classic highway its due! In fact, they have placed a National Road historical marker here on the museum property, so your trip on National Road can start HERE! Check out their presence on the
web by clicking on their logo, then return here to find out more about the Kruger Street
Toy & Train Museum!
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| The Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum is a member of the Elm Grove
Business Association, The Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce, the Wheeling Convention &
Visitors Bureau, and the Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Visitors Bureau! Click on
their logos below to find out more about these organizations! |
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