Taswegian1957

The National Museum of Toys/Miniatures (USA)


It’s not often I get chance to write about a museum outside Australia but today I was reading the Facebook page of the ABC Doll Club and a member had posted photos of her visit to the National Museum of Toys/Miniatures in Kansas City, Missouri. It is located within the University of Missouri campus and it looks really interesting. There are collections of toys, dolls and miniatures. The Museum also has a blog which you can access here.

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Museum entrance. photo by Nightryder84

I am sure that many of you in the USA know of this museum. Perhaps you have even been there. If so maybe you could tell us more about it. Those of you who are outside the USA but planning to visit or maybe are just new to our hobby might enjoy having a look at their website so I have included a link at the end.

 

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https://toyandminiaturemuseum.org/history/

 

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Published by Taswegian1957

I was born in England in 1957 and lived there until our family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband, David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008. We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. In 2015 David became ill and passed away in October of that year. I currently co-write two blogs on WordPress.com with my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania. In November 2019 I began a new life in the house that Naomi and I intend to make our retirement home at Sisters Beach in Tasmania's northwest. Currently we have five pets between us. Naomi's two dogs Toby and Teddy and cats, Tigerwoods and Panther and my cat Polly. My dog Cindy passed away aged 16 in April 2022.

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  2. It’s funny I’ve see the logo but not known about the museum. I have extended family there but they are the more out-doorsy sort. How fun to think of seeing it though for us it would be air travel or several days one-way. I think the bear is sweet.

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    • The bear is sweet, we all love bears. My Dad told me when I was little I saw a concrete Teddy bear on a ride in Skegness and wanted it. I created such a fuss that the owner offered to let me have it. Dad declined, not wanting to carry a concrete bear around! I was less then three years old so I don’t remember it.

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