Museum of Childhood description and photos - Great Britain: Edinburgh (Topic)

Museum of Childhood description and photos - UK: Edinburgh. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Museum of Childhood.

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The Museum of Childhood is located in the heart of Edinburgh, on the Royal Mile and tells about everything related to games and toys. This museum is enjoyed by both children and adults.

Once a member of the Edinburgh City Council, Patrick Murray, wondered: why is there not a single museum in the city dedicated exclusively to children? He proposed to create such a museum, and in 1955 his idea came true. It turned out that there was no such museum dedicated to the history of childhood, not only in Edinburgh, but in the whole world, and the Museum of Childhood became the first such museum. Five floors of the museum are devoted not only to games and toys or children's clothes, but also to quite serious issues of children's health care, upbringing and education. There are thematic exhibits here where you can listen, how a 1930s school class chants the multiplication table in chorus or take part in a 1950s street game. Visitors can learn how it was customary to dress, teach and raise children at different times and eras.

The museum exhibits toys from all over the world: dolls, teddy bears, railways, tricycles ... Children look at toys or play games, and for adults this is a great opportunity to remember their own childhood and smile nostalgically.

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