Bellefonte Museum for
Families of Centre County
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
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Exhibition: Timeless Toys |
Special Victorian
Christmas Open House
Saturday and Sunday, December 13 and 14th, 10 to 6 pm
Free “Come meet Santa”
party from 3 to 6 pm,
Music,
Treats, and Santa,
Sunday, December 14th
Holiday Exhibition: Timeless Toys
They don’t make them like they used to, but they still make many of them!! Timeless toys, retro games and unforgettable experiences come back to life at the holiday exhibit at the Bellefonte Museum for Centre County. The show provides happy memories to parents and grandparents and new adventures in play for children!
What will you see? Exceptional toys loaned by local collectors will be on exhibition including antique and classic cars, dolls trains, boats as well as new reproductions of classics. Classic Playhouses, furniture, stuffed animals, cars, metal robots and classic board games will all be included. Some of the toys are still made in the USA and even a few in Pennsylvania like Tiddley Winks, Jacks, pick-up-sticks, yo-yo’s and classic sport peg games in a metal boxes by Channel Craft Company, Charleroi, PA. Log Building Sets by Roy Toy of Maine are the ORIGINAL Lincoln Logs and are still made by the same company. The Holgate Company of Bradford, PA has been making toys in PA since the early 1800’s! And Golden Books are printed in the USA. Crayolas are still made in PA!
Guest Curators: The Toy Guyz, Rhett Ashley Walsh & Marc Tressler, own "Pure Imagination." They have been toy collectors since childhood and found the business a way to maintain time and energy in their life-long interest. They especially like classic and retro toys and sell reproductions in their store.