[2] The NTTM is owned and operated by the Train Collectors Association (TCA) and serves as its headquarters.

Founded in 1977, part of the museum's ongoing appeal is that it brings children and adults together.

[6] In August 2012, the National Toy Train Museum was one of twenty locations invited to participate in an international virtual celebration of Swiss contributions to railroad technology.

The Skype talks, in which engineers, historians, museum curators and other experts presented Swiss trains and other Swiss train technologies and answered questions from the public, were accessible by computer and at the participating locations.

[7] The museum is open on a seasonal basis with an admission fee charged.