Mechelen Toy Museum
Speelgoedmuseum Mechelen | |
| Established | April 1982 |
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| Location | Mechelen, Belgium |
| Website | \www |
The Mechelen Toy Museum (Dutch: Speelgoedmuseum Mechelen) is a Toy Museum\ used to situated in the Nekkerspoel hamlet till 2024, now is near the Main Station 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
- ^ "Speelgoedmuseum" (in Dutch). mechelen.traveltopper.eu. Retrieved 4 Aug 2018.
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