A Train Show in Connecticut

Posted in Holiday Train Show on January 25 2012, by Matt Newman

Kickstarting the imaginations of children is the kind of gratification you love to run into here at the NYBG. Some exhibitions–the Holiday Train Show, for one–just happen to be especially good at creating the perfect incubator for young creativity. And with stories like these, it’s always a perk to follow up.

Back in December we received a suggestion for our “20 Days” series from an administrator at the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, Connecticut, explaining just how excited the kids were by their visit to the Garden in 2010. They were so ecstatic, in fact, that the club decided to give its own train show a try. For 2011’s traditional visit, the kids put their patience and skill together in recreating the Greenwich landmarks they grew up with. And this was no half-baked homework assignment: they even set up their own running model train.

Through churches, ferries, and a number of classic 19th- and 20th- century buildings, the Boys & Girls Club was able to pay proper homage to their southern Connecticut town. And as a gift to us here at the Garden, they sent along some pictures not only of their creations, but of their most recent trip to our Holiday Train Show.

Will we see them again next year? I’m going to take a wild guess and learn toward the affirmative.

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