the kruger street toy & train museum

Every June they have a Mego Meet (action figures)... been there a lot as have friends of mine from Maryland, Delaware and New York.

There were four generations of us visiting this wonderful museum yesterday and we all were quite impressed with it. The five adults all thought it was great and our little 3 year old grandson had a great time with all the hands one fun toys. We spent two hours there and could have spent much longer. We definitely would recommend this as a place to see when you are in the area.

This museum is for all age groups. It is packed full of toys from every era. The train displays are impressive. Upon visiting the museum I thought we would only be there a brief amount of time. That brief amount of time turned into hours of laughs and memories.

We felt this was not worth the time nor the admission fee. Maybe we were expecting too much. This "museum" contains rooms of "organized" old stuff, much of it not in good condition, and most of it behind glass on constructed shelves. We have experienced much better train layouts with more realistic scenery. Save your money and time for the amazing O-gauge layout at Oglebay Resort. This is a layout worth seeing!

Numerous toy and train collections, especially from years ago. It reminded me of when I was growing up in the 50's. Kids will love it.

This place is really nice! nothing fancy at all but nice for kids to do something different. our 2 year old LOVED this.. we had the whole place to ourselves. there were different rooms with different types of things for him to check out and play with. Very nice place to go on a cold day.just didn't like that a cat was wondering around..allergic :/

This is a definite place to visit for those who collect old toys or just want to reminisce. The museum has done an excellent job displaying the toys by category. Games, miniatures, dolls, trains, transportation, etc. are neatly shown in the different classrooms of the old elementary school building. What impressed me the most was the play areas in each room that allowed children to be themselves and play with the things the staff had provided. Because Kruger Street Museum is open most days of the year we visited on a Sunday after visiting the Marx Toy Museum in Moundsville, WV the day before. Marx had more limited hours and is not open Sunday or Monday plus is closed Jan-Mar as of this writing.

The Train and Toy Museum at Kruger and National Road is an interesting escape into the 30s-60s! There are many displays of toys that many baby boomers will remember. The architecture of the old school and the intricate design inside of this old building is worth a stop! The gift shop offers many choices of educational items at reasonable prices! If you have an extra 30 minutes, exit the interstate for a tour!

An old school building housing many antic toys and two train layouts. We really enjoying finding the toys we used as children and those we had purchased for our own children.

We were in Wheeling for another event, and had some time to go off the beaten path, so to speak. We didn't have kids with us, so almost didn't go. But wow am I glad we did. This is one of the most fun collections we have ever seen! The schoolhouse in itself was fascinating, Each classroom has a theme, from different scales of model trains (set up and running), to board games from the early 1900's through today. My husband and I practically competed with "We had that!" and "I remember those!" Each room we walked into was just... Wow! They even have a K'nex display in progress, but some complete and operating.We were there well over an hour, but would gladly have stayed longer. There is much that the guests are invited to play with, including a room of miniature race cars on tracks. Photography allowed and encouraged. The depth of history in the toys on display is just mind blowing, and there seems to be something for every age group and level of interest. The live in cat, Loo, speaks volumes about the place, too. (Although they will make accommodations if you have an allergy.) Totally laid back, wander as you like, for as long as you like. Take a quarter for the player piano in the main hall, and watch for the xylophone part!I'm already planning my next trip, with both my parents and my kids, as I know they will just love it. It's like a never ending time machine of childhood memories through present day awesome.

This is a great museum for bringing back childhood memories. The location of the museum was an attraction in itself, an old schoolhouse. Each room had a collection of toys. You could see the blackboard of the room and just imagine a room full of students.I loved looking at the dolls and dollhouses. They don't make them like that anymore. This is a must see in Wheeling

what fun!...this is a great museum!...it was so complete w/many toys from our childhood that we haven't seen in years!...staff were pleasant and friendly...what a wonderful use of an old school building!...it was absolutely spotless...we would recommend and plan on returning w/our 3yr. old and 6yr. old great~nephews soon!...

The unlikely setting for this museum is in an old schoolhouse, which is a joy in itself, and subsequently has many rooms to fill and boy are they filled. With just about everything that Lionel ever produced and I hadn't fully appreciated their range, being a foreigner. As well as the multiple display rooms, there is a hands-on slot racing layout to try and a free pinball machine, that I enjoyed. My visit was enhanced by the guy in the gift shop who gave me a tour of the basement, not usually included, and it is a fascinating building.

This is such a fun place to visit. It brings out the child in everyone. There are many hands-on things to see and do. There was so much crammed in there, it was almost hard to see it all.

This was a cute museum. Lots of hands on activities that even my teenagers and husband enjoyed. Liked looking at all the old toys from my childhood, but was a little disappointed that they had current toys in some of the displays. I think it took away from the older toys. We really enjoyed searching for Waldo and his friends in the different rooms and had to go back into rooms to find most of them. Definitely would recommend this place to friends visiting the area!