{"id":35472,"date":"2022-07-14T15:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T19:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=35472"},"modified":"2022-07-14T15:01:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T19:01:37","slug":"fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Of \u2018X-Files\u2019 Television Show Can Buy Collectibles At New Shop\/Museum In Wilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35473\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/07\/xfiles-vc-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/07\/xfiles-vc-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/07\/xfiles-vc.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Thornton is one of the owners of the X-Files Preservation Collection and Collectibles.<br \/>\u00a92022 Saratoga Photographer.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Jill nagy<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the television series \u201cX-Files\u201d can get their shot of nostalgia and mementos to take home at the X-Files Preservation Collection and Collectibles in Wilton.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The combination shop and museum opened on April 30 with visits from Chris Carter, creator of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>the drama series, and Keith Arbuthnot, an actor who played monsters on the show, as well as fans from around the world, according to Jim Thornton, one of the owners of the collection.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can view a collection of props and costumes actually used in filming episodes of the series, some of them contributed by Carter. Thornton and his wife and business partner, Kelly Anthony, began collecting X-Files memorabilia in the 1990s.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI loved the show and thought: Wow, I\u2019d like to own something from it,\u201d Thornton recalled. By 2019, the couple had accumulated enough items to fill a moving truck and they drove it to X-Fest, an X-Files convention in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton thinks that someone who saw their display in Chicago must have contacted Carter and told him about it. Shortly afterward, Carter \u201cfound us\u201d and donated a few things, he said. From there, \u201cit progressed and grew bigger and bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span>The outlet in Wilton, at 4284 Route 50, features a showroom where, for an admission charge, visitors can see props, set dressings, and costumes, all of which previously appeared on screen, as well as DVDs of old shows, and vintage video and pinball games.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The fees are used to help preserve the collection, Thornton said. There is no admission fee for the shop, which offers merchandise related to the X-Files and other TV shows and movies, a pop culture collection reflecting horror movies and similar artifacts.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The collection and shop are open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The telephone number is 518 886-9434.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jill nagy Fans of the television series \u201cX-Files\u201d can get their shot of nostalgia and mementos to take home at the X-Files Preservation Collection and Collectibles in Wilton.\u00a0 The combination shop and museum opened on April 30 with visits from Chris Carter, creator of\u00a0 the drama series, and Keith Arbuthnot, an actor who played [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Fans Of \u2018X-Files\u2019 Television Show Can Buy Collectibles At New Shop\/Museum In Wilton - Glens Falls Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fans Of \u2018X-Files\u2019 Television Show Can Buy Collectibles At New Shop\/Museum In Wilton - Glens Falls Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jill nagy Fans of the television series \u201cX-Files\u201d can get their shot of nostalgia and mementos to take home at the X-Files Preservation Collection and Collectibles in Wilton.\u00a0 The combination shop and museum opened on April 30 with visits from Chris Carter, creator of\u00a0 the drama series, and Keith Arbuthnot, an actor who played [&hellip;]\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glens Falls Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-14T19:01:37+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/07\/xfiles-vc.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"724\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jake Van Ness\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jake Van Ness\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/\",\"name\":\"Fans Of \u2018X-Files\u2019 Television Show Can Buy Collectibles At New Shop\/Museum In Wilton - Glens Falls Business Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-14T19:01:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-14T19:01:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fans Of \u2018X-Files\u2019 Television Show Can Buy Collectibles At New Shop\/Museum In Wilton\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/\",\"name\":\"Glens Falls Business Journal\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86\",\"name\":\"Jake Van Ness\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jake Van Ness\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/author\/jakev\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fans Of \u2018X-Files\u2019 Television Show Can Buy Collectibles At New Shop\/Museum In Wilton - Glens Falls Business Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fans Of \u2018X-Files\u2019 Television Show Can Buy Collectibles At New Shop\/Museum In Wilton - Glens Falls Business Journal","og_description":"By Jill nagy Fans of the television series \u201cX-Files\u201d can get their shot of nostalgia and mementos to take home at the X-Files Preservation Collection and Collectibles in Wilton.\u00a0 The combination shop and museum opened on April 30 with visits from Chris Carter, creator of\u00a0 the drama series, and Keith Arbuthnot, an actor who played [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/","og_site_name":"Glens Falls Business Journal","article_published_time":"2022-07-14T19:01:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":724,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/07\/xfiles-vc.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jake Van Ness","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jake Van Ness","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/","url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/","name":"Fans Of \u2018X-Files\u2019 Television Show Can Buy Collectibles At New Shop\/Museum In Wilton - Glens Falls Business Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-07-14T19:01:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-14T19:01:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/07\/fans-of-x-files-television-show-can-buy-collectibles-at-new-shop-museum-in-wilton\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fans Of \u2018X-Files\u2019 Television Show Can Buy Collectibles At New Shop\/Museum In Wilton"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/","name":"Glens Falls Business Journal","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86","name":"Jake Van Ness","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jake Van Ness"},"url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/author\/jakev\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35474,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35472\/revisions\/35474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}