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- The Official Marx Toy Museum wants to keep you informed
- of Special Events, New Additions, News and Articles...
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8th
Annual Marx Museum Celebration
June 20th - 21st,
2008
The Official Marx
Toy Museum
will
celebrate its 8th Annual Celebration of Marx
during the weekend of June 20th & 21st in
conjunction with the Toy and Train Museum's 10th
Annual Marx Convention. This will be a tremendous
weekend for Marx enthusiasts, with a packed
itinerary and an opportunity to gather with fellow
collectors.
The Official Marx Toy
Museum encourages visitors to take full advantage
of the itinerary at the Toy and Train Museum's
Marx Convention. The Official Marx Toy Museum
has made
special accommodations to our museum hours so
collectors will be able to share in all the the
events offered throughout the weekend.
The Official Marx
Toy Museum Weekend Hours:
Friday, June
20th - 11 am to 6:30 pm
Saturday,
June 21th - 11 am to 7 pm
Each
year, The Official Marx
Toy Museum holds an annual fundraiser sale to help
defray the costs of development, advertisement, and
operation of The Official Marx Toy Museum.
This year
the museum has rented the former Marx Union Hall in
Glen Dale, West Virginia for the site our event.
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Gigantic Marx Sale Fundraiser Event
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Friday, June 20th, 2007 ~
One Day Only!!! Don't
Miss It!!!
Including PLAYSETS, miscellaneous figures and
accessories, PL Boards,
Glass Negatives, store displays, trains, trucks,
action figures, etc…
Each
year, The Official Marx Toy Museum holds an annual
fundraiser sale to help defray the costs of
development, advertisement, and operation of The
Official Marx Toy Museum. The museum will be
renting a separate building, ironically,
the former Marx Union Hall to hold all
the Marx items to be offered throughout the
weekend.
Sales will begin following the
Museum Celebration and Marx Convention itinerary, so
please take advantage of all the activities being
offered for the weekend. There will be no
pre-sales, no early sales, and all sales will be
during the scheduled hours for the Fundraiser
Event.
Gigantic
Fundraiser Event Hours
Friday, June 20th ~ 7 pm - 11 pm
Glen Dale Fire Hall ~ Former Marx Union Hall
7th Street, Glen Dale, West Virginia
CLICK HERE for MORE INFORMATION
and PHOTOS
A WEEKEND YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS!!! |
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Unable to attend the Annual Celebration and the
Marx Convention?
It's ok...just remember...
Both museums are open
throughout the year and are located just 20
minutes apart...
The Official Marx Toy Museum, located just
1.5 miles from the Glen Dale factory in Moundsville,
WV, displays thousands of Marx toys
throughout five decades of production. It is a
dedication to Marx toys, to Louis Marx the man, and
to the many Men and Women who dedicated their lives
to toy production.
www.MarxToyMuseum.com (you're already here)
The
Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum, located in
Wheeling, WV, is truly a unique museum with
displays featuring a variety of toy and train
manufacturers throughout decades of toy production.
The displays our housed in an award winning restored
Victorian-era schoolhouse and features unimaginable
operating train displays along with an restored
railroad caboose onsite.
www.ToyandTrain.com (be sure to visit when your
finished)
So while you're in the area, visit both museums!!!
Both museums offer unique and
complimenting insight into the world of toys!!! |
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Former Marx Employee Weekend
Saturday May 7th and
Sunday May 8th, 2005
The Official Marx Toy Museum
hosted a Marx Employee Weekend Celebration on
Saturday, May 7th and Sunday, May 8th,2005.
The museum was open to all former Marx employees as
an expression of our appreciation for their
dedication to toy production. Former employees
are invited to share stories, photos, and other Marx
memorabilia.
Producing Marx Toys from 1919
to 1980, Louis Marx & Co. became the “largest toy
manufacturer in the world.” Factories in Erie
and Girard, PA, along with their largest facility in
Glen Dale, West Virginia, created the toys of
generations past.
Located just 1.5 miles from the
Glen Dale Factory in Moundsville, WV, The Official
Marx Toy Museum displays thousands of Marx toys
throughout five decades of production. It is a
dedication to Marx toys, to Louis Marx the man, and
to the many Men and Women who dedicated their lives
to toy production. The Marx museum provides an
opportunity for men and women to relive the memories
of their favorite childhood toys and for all to
realize the dedication and talents of local toy
designers and factory workers.
Louis Marx & Co. provided jobs
for more than 2,000 men and women per year in the
Ohio Valley for nearly 50 years. In turn, The
Official Marx Toy Museum would like to provide
Marshall County and the Ohio Valley with the history
and the memories of those Men and Women and the Toys
they produced.
The Marx Employee Weekend is now available to
visitors of the Museum Website, through photos,
stories, and quotes shared by former Marx Employees.
Visit the Marx
Employee Weekend Page!!! |
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Museum Additions:
Johnny West Returns to
Glen Dale
Crisscrossing North America on a TEN THOUSAND mile journey, a road-weary
vintage Marx Johnny West action figure will make a stop at his birthplace,
in Glen Dale, West Virginia. Johnny will be reside at The Official Marx Toy
Museum throughout his visit. Johnny will take in the sites of Marshall
County including a stop at the former Marx factory and visits with former
Marx employees.
Johnny will be on display at The Official Marx Toy Museum, along with a
visual account of his voyage, which began in Las Vegas, NV, in October 2003.
The 'Johnny Hits the Road' exhibit is on permanent display at the Marx Toy
Museum.
For
more information visit the Johnny Returns to Glen Dale
link or the official Johnny Hits the Road site at
http://www.circlexranch.com/itin.htm
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- Marx Toy Museum Prototype Room
- The Prototype Room features a
collection of one-of-a-kind playsets, figures, and artwork!
Including a Haunted Castle set, Original Circus set, Hand-carved
Johnny West Cannon and Accessories, Hand-carved and hand molded
figures, and the original artwork of former Model Room worker, F.
Joe Chamberlain.
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Group Tours
Group tours and
Organizations can receive a scheduled tour all season long. Contact
the museum now to learn about group pricing and to schedule your organization's tour through The Official
Marx Toy Museum of Glen Dale, West Virginia. A fun and educational
tour for children of all ages...from Youth Groups to Senior Groups, 4-H
Clubs, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. A great outing during the cold
months of the winter season. Visit our Group Tours page for more
information! |
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