Anchor Exhibitions


The CVA also puts on exhibitions of Anchor products, including large Anchor block buildings.  CVA members build the display models over the week preceding the opening.  The last such exhibition was open in the Flanders Toy Museum (Speelgoedmuseum van Vlaanderen) in Mechelen, Belgium, from October 25, 1996, to April 20, 1997.  I spent a week with other Anchor friends building this display.  The display of Anchor buildings was excellent.  The previous exhibition was held in the Richter Villa in Rudolstadt in 1994.  

For its next Anchor exhibition the CVA has chosen Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany (which is about 30 km from the Austrian border), very near the autobahn between München and Satzburg.  This exhibition will be open between early May, 1999, and late October, 1999.  The exact dates have yet to be determined.  It seems that I will be organizing the exhibition.  The CVA is currently looking for sites for 2000 and 2002.  The CVA is hoping that a site in the U.K. or the USA can be found.  Any suggestions would be most welcome. 

The best permanent museum exhibition known to me is in the Toy Museum in Oosterhout (NB) Netherlands.  The Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, also has an excellent collection, though I do not know just how much is on exhibition at any given time.  The Toy Museum in Salzburg has a nice Anchor display, using the Erwin Gebert collection.  The Gebert collection was very extensive, so I suspect that they have a lot more not on display.  During the Traunstein exhibition construction period I plan to visit the Salzburg Toy Museum with the aim of examining the Gebert collection.

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