Ankara Toy Museum

Toy Museum, one of the most important museums in Ankara, attracts not only children but visitors of all ages. In Turkey, a new culture is beginning to emerge regarding the Toy Museum. These museums occur in a long time as a product of personal labours and collections. Sunay Akın and the names who are particularly interested in this issue have very serious efforts in opening or organizing children's museums. Ankara Toy Museum is regarded as a privileged example in this sense. Ankara Toy Museum is opened to visitors in 1990 under the leadership of Bekir Onur. Although within the scope of the university, overall supervision is carried out by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. This place not only functions as a toy museum, but also as a kind of Research Center. Many students from various levels of education in Ankara visit here. It is also possible that when you come here you will encounter groups from certain schools. Ankara Toy Museum contains many domestic and foreign toys. It is possible to find industrial-style items as well as handmade toys in the collection. On the other hand, copies of antique toys in various museums of Turkey are exhibited in this area. Ankara Toy Museum has basically four separate sections. Traditional toys section has classic toy figures such as top, hoop, kite. The Fabricated Toys Division is itself divided into five separate subdivisions. Subdivisions such as paper, tin and wooden toys can be visited in this area. In the section called Foreign Toys, symbolic examples from different countries are given. Finally, in the section titled Antique Toys, as mentioned above, antique toys found in museums are displayed. Visiting the museum is charged.