Jonathan Elmore

BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS A little background about this museum and me. My wife, my daughter, and I attended the grand opening weekend back in 2011. Even back when I wasn't writing about museums, I was still a museum nerd. We happened to be on the elevator with Japanese dignitaries where our daughter and their daughter had a great interaction without the benefit of speaking the same language. Great memory!! I had that in my head when I recently visited Crystal Bridges after not going for...

PAULS VALLEY When I started going to all these museums, I was interested in trains in the sense that I enjoyed seeing them coast by and hearing them wail in the distance. I didn't give much thought to where they were going, where they were coming from, who was on them, or what historical significance they had. That's all changed since I've been to so many train related museums and exhibits. Each of them is similar with respect to train history, but they're all specific to the history of...

PAULS VALLEY A few months after I started this museum quest, I got the Oklahoma Museum Association's full list of the official museums in Oklahoma. Not all Oklahoma cites are listed, but it's the most complete list of places. When I got it, I reorganized it so I could see all the places to go in each town. That way I could go to say, Pauls Valley, and see everything there was to see in one trip. When I saw that the Toy & Action Figure Museum was there, my heart jumped for joy. I knew it...