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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