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Toy Museum

Categories / Science. Education/Museums

TOY MUSEUM situated at 32 Karpovka River Embankment. It was founded in 1994 and opened in 1997 as a non-governmental cultural institution supported by private firms. The museum collects, stores, displays, and studies toys as a historical and social phenomena and a special art. There are about three thousand items in its funds including folk toys, industrial toys, and original toys. The museum has three display halls and a temporary exhibition hall to hold special exhibitions.

References: Петербургская игрушка: [Альбом] / Сост. М. А. Марченко и др. СПб., 1996.

N. L. Korsakova.

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Karpovka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 32

Bibliographies

Петербургская игрушка: [Альбом] / Сост. М. А. Марченко и др. СПб., 1996