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What is a toy museum?
A big house full of marvellous things that charm young children and remind grown-ups of the joy of their childhood! A toy is a world in itself; it excites our phantasy and is a portrait of the society of the various periods of mankind.

United Kingdom

• The Brighton Toy Museum
• Glendale Toy Museum, Skye island, Scotland

United States

• Doll and Toy Museum at Mid Ohio Historical Museum
• National Museum of Play, Washington, D.C.

Portugal

• Museu do Brinquedo in Seia
• Toy collection of the Museu in Caramulo
• Museu do Brincar, Vagos, Portugal
• Hospital das Bonecas (Dolls Hospital), in Lisbon

Spain

• Museo del Juguet de Catalunya in Barcelona

France

• Musée du Jouet de Moirans en Montagne (Jura - Franche-Comté)
• Musée du Jouet in Comar
• Musée du Jouet in Strasbourg

Belgium

• Musée du Jouet in Bruxelles
• Musée du Jouet in Malines

Switzerland

• Puppenhausmuseum Basel, in Basel

Germany

• Spielzeugmuseum in Nurnberg
• Puppen und Spielzeug Museum in Rothenburg ob der Tauber - it was in this enchanting Germany town that my "boss" learned German.
• Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum in Sonneberg (Thüringen)
Spielzeugmuseum in Görlitz

 
 

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