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Advertising in the Museum, in the Newsletter and/or the Website

Our museum is dedicated to preserving and promoting the love of model railroading, attracting enthusiasts, families, and visitors from across the region. If you believe that your business would be a good fit for our audience, we’d love to help you reach more potential customers by providing advertising for you.

We offer three affordable annual advertising packages including

Priority 1:

✅ Full-page ad in our monthly newsletter (distributed to hobbyists, museum members, and visitors)
✅ Full page ad placement on our website (viewed by train enthusiasts across the region)
✅ 8” x 11” poster advertisement displayed prominently in our museum

✅ Your brochures or business cards available for pick-up by visitors in the Museum

✅ A scaled Billboard advertisement displayed prominently on all of our layouts in the Museum. (G, O, HO and N Scale)

Cost: $365 per year

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Priority 2:

✅ Half-page ad in our monthly newsletter (distributed to hobbyists, museum members, and visitors)
✅ Half-page ad placement on our website (viewed by train enthusiasts across the region)
✅ A scaled Billboard advertisement displayed prominently on one of our layouts in the Museum. (G, O, or HO scale.)

✅ Your brochures or business cards available for pick-up by visitors in the Museum.

Cost: $180 per year

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Priority 3:

✅ Business card size ad in our monthly newsletter (distributed to hobbyists, museum members, and visitors)
✅ Business card size ad placement on our website (viewed by train enthusiasts across the region)
✅ Your brochures or business cards available for pick-up by visitors in the Museum.

Cost: $60 per year

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This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your business to a highly engaged audience of model railroaders and collectors. If you're interested, please reach out to us at secretary@mrmhr.org, or 757-816-8399. We’d be happy to discuss the details and help design an ad that best represents your business.

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New Tracks Modeling!

New Tracks Modeling is an exciting digital opportunity to obtain mentoring to help you improve your modeling.  You will meet talented modelers and manufacturers from all over the world who will share their model building expertise and artistic advice.  New Tracks Modeling is open to all modelers of all skill levels in any scale or gauge.

Our Shows are live every Wednesday evening at 7pm Eastern/4pm Western on Zoom and YouTube. By subscribing to our website newtracksmodeling.com you’ll receive email notices containing links to both the Zoom and YouTube presentations.

New Tracks Modeling Mentoring Scholarship

Your donation will help to provide scholarships for model railroaders who are HS graduates and continuing their education in a STEAM field.Your generosity is greatly appreciated!

To donate click on this link.

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/038439bf-a552-44e2-9b46-ef54aaa0e274

What's Happening with MOCA?

In case you haven't heard, the Museum of Contemporary Art at 2200 Parks Avenue near the beach is moving to a new building at Virginia Wesleyan. It will become vacant within the next few months. So, we at the Model Railroad Museum of Hampton Roads are putting in a serious proposal to the City of Virginia Beach to develop a space for model railroading and other cultural arts within the building. We're in the very early stages of this right now, but we're excited about the possibility and are hoping for the best. Wish us luck!

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The Model Railroad Museum of Hampton Roads is a fantastic community center based on running, operating and even building your own model railroads! There's something for every age here.

Learn about the real history of this area and how important it was in the building of America. Watch how railroads were built, the people involved, where America's roots were formed. 

As they build their own railroads, students will be learning about science, electronics,  architecture, technology, engineering, mathematics, and the art of 3 dimensional model landscaping. They can earn rewards for completing projects and winning contests.

Try to solve yardmaster problems on a switching layout like getting the lumber from the forest to the furniture store, by way of the saw mill and the lumber yard.

Run your train around blockades and other trains to get to the station on time without speeding or crashing.

Play railroad monopoly using model railroads. Winner is the one who can collect the most cars into his yard within an hour.

There will be programs for autistic and special needs kids, disabled adults and veterans.

School tours. Holiday Shows. Library and video rooms.  Even youngsters will have their own wooden models to enjoy. There are classes and hands-on clinics for adults. Learn how to get started in the hobby. Or just enjoy the fun.

Everybody loves trains and this will prove it!  Just click on the either the blue DONATE button below to make it happen... 

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