Description
Catania's Toy Museum gathers the playthings of children of the past, from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, in a hall of the Le Ciminiere exhibition center on Viale Africa: a visit kids love and that makes grandparents and parents smile.
There are dolls of rag, celluloid and porcelain, some of them mechanical, lead soldiers, toy cars, model ships, rocking horses, a 1930s table football game and a late-19th-century papier-mâché baby doll. The most striking pieces are the dollhouses; the most delicate are kept in special display cases.
It was created in 2002 by the cultural association IOCO, starting from about 180 pieces of its own; with donations from private individuals the collection has grown to hundreds of toys. Until 2011 the museum was in Palazzo Bruca, on Via Vittorio Emanuele II.
There are dolls of rag, celluloid and porcelain, some of them mechanical, lead soldiers, toy cars, model ships, rocking horses, a 1930s table football game and a late-19th-century papier-mâché baby doll. The most striking pieces are the dollhouses; the most delicate are kept in special display cases.
It was created in 2002 by the cultural association IOCO, starting from about 180 pieces of its own; with donations from private individuals the collection has grown to hundreds of toys. Until 2011 the museum was in Palazzo Bruca, on Via Vittorio Emanuele II.