Mechelen Toy Museum

Toy museum in Mechelen, Belgium
51°1′49″N 4°29′27″E / 51.03028°N 4.49083°E / 51.03028; 4.49083Website\www.speelgoedmuseum.be/EN/homeEN.html

The Mechelen Toy Museum (Dutch: Speelgoedmuseum Mechelen) is a Toy Museum\ situated in the Nekkerspoel hamlet in Mechelen, Belgium, is a museum containing a unique collection of past and contemporary toys on a total surface of 7,000 m2. The museum was founded in April 1982, and since 1998 it is a recognized museum.[1] The permanent collection is subdivided in the following categories:

  • Circus and kermesse
  • Construction toys
  • Creative and educational toys
  • Stuffed toys
  • Mechanical and iron toys
  • Optical and sound-making toys
  • Puppets
  • Puzzles and board games
  • Soldiers
  • Toys around the world
  • Traditional child games and Pieter Bruegel
  • Trains
  • Transport in miniature

Apart from that there are also changing exhibitions. The museum also has an educational service with school programmes.

References

  1. ^ "Speelgoedmuseum" (in Dutch). mechelen.traveltopper.eu. Retrieved 4 Aug 2018.

External links

  • Official website
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