It is an awesome place for the whole family. It's kind of stuffy and quite dusty. I sneezed a lot…read more However, it's in an old school building with several floors of displays. There is a lift for wheelchairs. There is a play room to build Lego things. You can touch nearly every display, which is unusual. Please don't break them. There was a room we could not enter because some kids climbed under the rail and destroyed a display. This place is fun and fascinating and it was well worth, more than worth the three hour drive for us to get there. You really should go. I thought it was better than Legoland. On a side note...I had two GPS units running and they both told me I had arrived when I was still two blocks away.

Recommend fun experience for you and your family. If you want to have a time where you have toys…read morefrom your childhood with your kid or kids go to toy and train museum. Three floors of pure joy, but the bottom floor/basement is full of Peanuts characters. There is an I spy room where you find dinosaurs. There is also an old fashioned Merry-Go-Round.

This is our favorite stop whenever we travel through the area. The trains are amazing, but the toys…read moreare impressive. New to us this time is the Peanuts collection, so fun!Hopefully will be back this way again soon.

I agree with the previous review - not what I would call a "Children's Museum". It is definitely a…read moregreat play place, though. Anything you could imagine that kids would love is here - dress up, grocery store, climbing wall, play house, animals, building blocks of all shapes and sizes. Even a music area and a craft table.

It costs $2 per adult and $4 per kid. If this was in Columbus and near my house, then I would get…read morea membership and use it during the winter as a play space. I would not call this place a museum in the same sense as the Pittsburgh Children's Museum. I believe the name is misleading and it should be called a play space. As a play space this place would get 4 stars but as a museum it would get one star. I averaged that and gave it 3 stars for affordability. The place is basically one big room but it has some walls to divide the space up a little. They have animal alley with a tarantula, fish, lizard, turtle, and a snake. They have a climbing wall, craft area, chalkboard, train table, and a sand table. One of the cooler stations is the lego station as they have a good collection of lego parts. They also have a station with an Ipad attached where one can video tape their actions and replay them. They have the bigger lego blocks in some small bins. They have the blue imagination blocks for constructing as well. My kids the loved the dress-up outcove the most as they have a kitchen and numerous outfits to put on. They have a small house type structure to climb steps. My 3 year old walked up it and was disappointed to not see a slide. All in all this place is a decent place to play on rainy or cold days. It is open enough to let the kids run around while one relaxes a little. Bring your own food and drink. There is a hot dog stand across the street and a restaurant on the corner. If you are traveling and need a place for kids to run around and be engaged then this place is better than the playspace at Burger King in St. Clairesville.

You can learn about West Virginia history at this free museum. Or you can be like my children and…read morejust glance at the exhibits while trying to find buttons to push and things to touch. Your call! If you did go through the museum purposefully, though, you'd find a lot information about how West Virginia, a Unionist state, separated from Virginia, a Confederate state. There are three floors of Civil War memorabilia, West Virginia things and ... honestly, I think I'm like my children, because I didn't read any of the information either. But I know if you want to learn more about West Virginia, this is the place to do it. I mostly just enjoyed walking around, looking at the old furniture, peeking out of the windows and observing all of the nicely preserved historical objects that the museum has so lovingly displayed for everyone to see. This is a beautiful museum, and there's so much to see and learn about that I'm kind of shocked it was free to visit. There was one woman working there when we visited. It's a quiet little museum, so one person working there seemed right. I could tell that she really wanted us to ask questions -- she had a lot of West Virginia knowledge rattling around in her head. Unfortunately for her, my family was only there to push buttons and touch things and gaze out of the windows, so she retreated back to her desk and let us peruse freely. We had a good time at West Virginia Independence Hall, and stayed maybe 30 minutes. But I could see other people staying an hour or more, especially if you are really into history, and you take your time to absorb all of the information that's available.

OMG This museum is FREE!!! It is full of West Virginia…read moreHistory, artifacts and gems. Parking is in the rear and FREE as well. Easy to locate in downtown area of Wheeling across from the B&O Railroad Building which is now part of the community college. For my birthday I wanted to go here so my hubby Tony, daughter Noel and her boyfriend Adam joined me. Outside on the corner is a hugh statue of Governor Pierpont, the first governor of the new State of West Virginia. Some historical markers, a monument to the civil war, and a cannon. Inside there is 3 levels. Top level is the courtroom, were the convention was held to declare, argue and vote on making a new State and breaking away from Virginia. It was here that West Virginia was born. Second levels there are various rooms stuffed full of historical memorable items. First floor there are some civil war informative displays, an old post office and a riverboat display. In the basement, bathrooms and theatre to watch a 18 minute brief film narrates how this all became about. This was originally the Old Custom House.

Pretty much every place in the Ohio Valley that isn't a part of a franchise gets at least 3 stars…read morefrom me, if you haven't noticed, ha. Despite being located across from (what used to be) Martins Ferry High School, I'm pretty sure most people in Martins Ferry don't know about the Sedgwick House. It doesn't really stand out amongst the other houses in this mostly residential area. To be honest, I wouldn't have known (or cared) about it either, but every Christmas the choir had a concert outside of here. Hey, they gave us hot chocolate. Yum. I don't really remember anything about the Sedgwick House Museum, or its historical significance, or what's inside, but I like adding places in the Valley to Yelp for when other Yelpers are forced to end up there. Oh, and it's only $3. Might as well check it out :)

The annual Toughman/Woman contest is once again upon us. By all accounts, it is a seize-the-moment…read moreevent. Come the 14 & 15th of February a select group of young sluggers after 2 nights of Rock Em Sock Em action will be awarded a jacket that denotes, they were crowned this year's 44th single elimination tournament Champion. Writing from past experiences these flying fists are family fan-friendly and will hear the first bell ring on Valentine's evening Competitors who trained to compete inside the 4 ropes did not need a lot of equipment just a set of mitts and maybe a homemade heavy bag. This is reviewed from a long lens I was a cornerman in 1980 at the first tough man later a fan inspector with West Virginia State Atelic Commission.

Hi, my name's Wes. Wes Banco…read more Fit-for-purpose arena in Wheeling that is bigger and newer than I remember it being about 15 years ago when I first came here. They did a good job manufacturing it and I like it a lot, despite having only been here twice and they were more than a decade apart. And the Wheeling Nailers play here. Bob Marley would be proud of the Wheeling Wailers. Oh wait. Well if you want to get nailed, maybe ask the Nailers. So this is an excellent sports team in a small city that deserves a sports team. They get plenty of support from the locals, and if you want to show local pride, come and check out a game and see grassroots sport in America. And it's pretty cheap too.

This is a lovely small gallery located inside the Wheeling City Centre Market in the Historic…read moreMarket section of Wheeling. Today was my birthday, so I decided to Urban Hike in Wheeling today, making this one of my stops. I was able to stroll around and enjoy the lovely pieces of art. The prices ranged from a bargain bin of $25 up to $500. There was some very lovely pieces but nothing that I couldn't live without. Street parking outside along the building complex cost me about .65 cents for just under 2 hrs. The meters were also painted like pieces of abstract artwork with each one painted something very different from last

Artworks is an artist run gallery featuring some of the best artists in the Wheeling area. There…read moreare art objects for every taste and price range. Their inventory includes pottery, fine craft, original paintings, drawings and prints.