For model train enthusiasts, Malden is a holiday destination. Welcome to the Charles Ro Supply Company, the largest toy train store in America and the largest dealer of Lionel model trains in the world.
On Main Library’s fifth floor, visitors can grab a virtual reality headset and be virtually immersed in material culture from an African collection. The exhibition, called “Augmented Curiosities: Virtual Play in African Pasts and Futures,” uses augmented reality and virtual reality technologies to generate an innovative user experience with objects from Northwestern’s Herskovits Library of.