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Toys

Hasbro Gameland

Springfield, Massachusetts

Hasbro Gameland

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

Coyoacán Bazaar Toy Cemetery.

Mexico City, Mexico

Coyoacán Bazaar Toy Cemetery

Abandoned figurines adorn a small plot on the side of a craft market's entrance.

Skeleton fair.

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Don Sshinda Collection

An artisanal toy-maker’s works are highlighted in this museum dedicated to the craft of toys.

Eltham Toy Wall

Eltham, New Zealand

Eltham Toy Wall

What began as a makeshift lost and found, now exists as a unique art installation.

A shelf full of unofficial merchandise.

Tavern Pachimon Wars

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

Seogwipo, South Korea

Teddy Bear Museum

The history of the plush toy and South Korea collected under one roof.

British teddy bears.

Basel, Switzerland

Spielzeug Welten Museum

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

In the toy museum.

Old Payá Toy Factory

Ibi's pioneering toy factory now houses two small but mighty museums.

One of the sculptures.

The Walking Students of Ibi

Oversized versions of a beloved toy dot a children's playground in a Spanish toymaking town.

The sculpture in the traffic roundabout.

Toy Autogyro Sculpture

This fantastic sculpture of an early model helicopter celebrates the local toy industry.

The sculpture.

Ibi Toy Locomotive Sculpture

An enormous roadside attraction in the heart of Spain's toy-making hub.

Dan O'Connor went from collecting pie tins to restarting the Frisbie Pie Company.

The Return of the Pie Company That Gave the Frisbee Its Name

An avid fan of the flying disc is now slinging Frisbie pies.

Michele Herrmann April 23, 2019

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

Video • Object of Intrigue

The Most Dangerous Toy in the World

House of Marbles.

Bovey Tracey, England

House of Marbles

This historic factory peddles classic toys from the picturesque English county of Devon.

This 1920 Eagle toy stove by Hubley Manufacturing Company features a working damper and came with a waffle iron.

objects of intrigue

Before the Easy-Bake Oven, Toy Stoves Were Beautiful and Deadly

They burned real fuel and caused real damage.

Anne Ewbank April 10, 2019

World's largest Hoberman Sphere in Estonia.

World’s Largest Hoberman Sphere

The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.

Kite Museum.

Museum of Kites

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.