The 2026 ACGHS Spring Midwest Regional Meet takes place on Saturday, April 11 from 8:00a – 12:00 Noon at the Faith Community Center, 5572 Mercy Way, Lafayette, IN 47905. For more information, go to our Calendar of Events. Mark your Read More …
by Tim Wilkin Are you looking for a new home for one or more old Erector Sets you no longer want? Here are some suggestions for donation of your Erector sets. If the set contains parts that are in good Read More …
Fourth Edition On October 2, 2023, the A. C. Gilbert Heritage Society released the fourth edition of Bill Bean’s Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1913-1932. Recent revisions include: Retrieve a listing of the revisions and corrections to the Fourth Edition Read More …
Third Edition The Third Edition to Bill Bean’s Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1933-1962 was released on April 23, 2023. Minor revisions to the text include: This guide is a comprehensive update to the 1998 edition of Greenberg’s Guide to Read More …
The A. C. Gilbert Company opened a Gilbert Hall of Science in Chicago, Illinois at the Congress Hotel in October 1953. These photographs, taken by the Chicago photography studio Du Bois, The Drake, are courtesy of Mark Castiglione, owner of Read More …
Jim Mietlicki writes: Anyone who builds with Erector knows that when you try to follow the instructions in the manual, the models just don’t seem to work right. I honestly think A. C. Gilbert was deliberately unclear in his model Read More …