X-Files Museum Showcases 10 Key Artifacts in Saratoga Springs, Home Since 2022
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Updated · Polygon · Jun 20
X-Files Museum Showcases 10 Key Artifacts in Saratoga Springs, Home Since 2022
2 articles · Updated · Polygon · Jun 20
Summary
Saratoga Springs’ X-Files Preservation Collection is spotlighting 10 standout pieces, from Chris Carter’s 1989 Toshiba laptop used to write the pilot to a 7-foot alien pod from the 1998 film.
Jim Thornton built the museum from decades of collecting that began with season 1 trading cards and expanded into scripts, props and film negatives for every episode from the show’s first 9 years.
The collection also includes pilot relics such as the papier-mache “Little Monster,” Stephen King’s draft of “Chinga,” revival-era effects pieces, and shell casings from Scully’s gunfire in “Wetwired.”
Opened as a brick-and-mortar museum in 2022 after years as a traveling exhibit, the site says it is the world’s only museum devoted exclusively to preserving X-Files props and memorabilia.
Chris Carter attended the ribbon-cutting, and the museum has since drawn cast, crew and fans from as far away as Australia, turning the upstate New York resort town into an unlikely X-Files hub.