Brighton Toy and Model Museum
The Brighton Toy and Model Museum is a toy museum in Brighton on the English south coast. The collections are located in four of the early Victorian arched vaults below the station lobby on an area of approx. 1200 m². The museum is run as a foundation (No. 1001560) and in 2013 announced a partnership with the Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Istanbul .
The museum was founded in July 1991 by Chris Littledale and shows over 10,000 toys and models, most of which come from his collection. The objects include valuable model railroad collections , remote-controlled airplanes and a variety of toys from the end of the 19th century to the 1960s. You can also see two large-scale model railways in operation (gauge 0 and 00) as well as rare original pieces from a number of famous manufacturers, among others. a. Bing , Georges Carette , Bassett-Lowke , Dinky Toys , Hornby Trains , Märklin , Meccano , Pelham Puppets and Steiff . This includes individually engineered pieces such as the functioning steam locomotive on a scale of 1: 4 and the Spitfire fighter planes in the entrance hall. Other functional models can be found on a walk through the museum.
In the entrance area in the first arched vault is the museum shop and a tourist information office.
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- ↑ Toy museum has a brighter outlook on theargus.co.uk, accessed June 6, 2013
- ↑ Toy story: Heritage project helps mark Frank Hornby's 150th anniversary in 2013 ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hlf.org.uk, accessed on June 6, 2013. (English)
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 43.5 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 27.6 ″ W.