:____"Unofficial LEGO® Museum of the Ohio Valley"___

Looking for a few good men/women

Next week begins the process of looking for workers. We are getting ready to open soon, so this is the beginning of the process!!!

Please send applications/resumes to;

Bellaire Historic Society

c/o Dan Brown

1731 Belmont St.

Bellaire, OH 43906

Coming along. Need money for specific projects.

Well here is where the non-profit part begins.

We need funds to complete the projects in the museum. We are going to begin a fund raiser in the next couple of weeks. If your looking for a tax writeoff, or just want to be part of the "friends to the museum" plaque please feel free to offer funds up to complete these projects;

Emergency lighting. Need about $1500.00 to complete
Handicap lift work. Need about $500.00 to complete
Handicap bathroom. Need about $2000.00 for that project
Display cases for the History room $1100.00 (and this one will have your name on the case "donated by :XXXXXXXX" will be on a plaque in that room
Painting work at the museum. About $400.00 remaining

Any amount would be great. If you know any companies doing grants for non profits please let us know. We are new to this. Keep looking for upcoming events and promotions. We plan to be fund raising through E_bay soon as well.

Dan Brown founder Bellaire Historic Society and Toy Museum

More pictures from the California Trip

Here are a few more pictures from the California trip. Was a blast.

Dan

Back from California

We flew in last week, met up with a local LEGO(r) maniac named Tom. And proceeded to pack up our won models from the LEGOLAND(r) auction.

Fun trip, and special thanks to the LEGOLAND(r) employes for the help, and Tom for making the trek with a broken leg to help.

We crated, boxed, wrapped, and still packed our bags full. Fun trip all around.

Here are some pics...more to come

Dan

And a word from our founder!!!

Welcome to my dream. The ONLY LEGO based museum in the world. We are

http://www.brickstore.net
http://www.brickmuseum.net and soon http://www.plasticbrickmuseum.net/ / .com

During the past few months we have been getting advice from people on any problems we have been facing in the tourism market!

One of the main problems we faced was the name change game. Due to legal reasons that has been all over the place! We are now 100% secure, and approved for;

Toy and Plastic Brick Museum

In 2009 we will have a fluid campaign to advertise this.Our business model includes you, the MOC builder;We plan to have the following happen in 2009;

Continue to build the PBM Collection
Continue to feature LEGO builders in the museum
Continue to grow

New to 2010;

We are planning to open the new Dex lab
We are planning to open the new Lion's Den
We are planning to open the new Canadian room!
We are continuing to improve the museum and add to the "Toy and" portion weekly as well.

New to 2009;

We are planning a mass build of sets.
We are hoping to have one of each of the sets from 1970-date in house by 2010.
This means sorting, planning, building,and a bunch of effort from the community and staff to make this happen.
We are going to be working on the building during the winter and getting it more"green friendly". A 100yr old school is not very heat/cooling friendly!!!
We plan to complete the "Water Room" as well as the "Creators Lab".
These will be 2 new theme rooms coming to the museum as well.

We are now looking for a grant writer!!!
So if that is you please contact us.
We are now looking for a IPO business planner for future offerings for the for profit side of the business.
Again if that is you please contact us

Our contact information is;

Toy and Plastic Brick Museum
4597 Noble St.Bellaire, OH 43906
1-740-671-8890
http://www.brickmuseum.net/
toymuseum@hotmail.com

And again thanks to all the AFOLs that have made 2007 and 2008 great years for the ONLY LEGO based museum in the world!

Dan Brown founder

Special thanks section.

I cannot say it enough. So I am adding it to the website.

I would like to add special thanks to the following. I may have missed some people, so send me an E-Mail if you think you need to be on this list. The people and groups involved in the creation of the museum have made it a place I am proud of. I am hoping you will too when you come here.

Zondra from The Soccer Hall of Fame.
Bob from VP Productions.
Chrissy and Don Carter "getting the beast under control"
Larry Courtwright "Get 'er done"
Mandy Moore, the current "Wild Child"
Jon Bender for his new book "LEGO; a Love Story", will put us on the map!
Carol Brown, "getting it done"
COLTC especially Carol from Coltc. She put in the extra effort when needed and was a VERY welcome builder when needed.
Big Larry. Without you the place would be cruddy!
My tour guides. What a great group of people! A wonderful addition to the museum
PENNLUG...you guys ROCK!!
Eric Harshbarger...you started it all. With your crayons in the Strong Museum as well as allowing me to get your collection. People are AMAZED at your work...keep it up!
The Village of Bellaire. Local support was paramount to the sucess of the museum. THANKS!
The AFOLs. (adult fans of LEGO). Your continued support makes the museum a fun place.
Bill from The LEGO(r) group. Thanks for believing in me when no-one else would. This is not only my legacy but yours as well. With the last of the hand built models in our facility you helped make it happen!
The LEGO(r) group. Amazing people doing amazing "stuff" on a daily basis.
LEGOLAND(r) CA. When we were down, they came to help. Thanks guys. The addition to the museum was AWSOME.

I would like to add a generic but important note;

I would like to extent thanks to all the people who drove here, donated time and material to the museum, and made me feel good when things seemed overwhelming. It was a huge undertaking to complete the project. Without all of you I would not have kept going in the face of defeat.

A heart felt thanks.

Dan Brown founder Bellaire Historic Society and Toy and Plastic Brick Museum.