Istanbul Toy Museum

40°58′33″N 29°04′15″E / 40.97593°N 29.07073°E / 40.97593; 29.07073TypeToy museumCollection size4,000 toys and miniaturesOwnerSunay AkınPublic transit accessBus, suburb trainWebsitewww.istanbuloyuncakmuzesi.com

The Istanbul Toy Museum (Turkish: İstanbul Oyuncak Müzesi) is a toy museum located in the Göztepe neighbourhood of Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey.

The museum was founded by the Turkish poet and novelist, Sunay Akın, in 2005. The museum opened on April 23, a national holiday in Turkey, National Sovereignty and Children's Day. Currently, the museum has on display 4,000 toys and miniatures from Turkey and abroad; many of the exhibits are antiques, some of which date back nearly 200 years. The first floor of the museum is the site of the Eyüp Toy Shop, a famous toy shop that closed down in the 1950s.

In 2012, the museum was nominated and shortlisted for the annual European Museum Academy Children's Museum Award.^[1]

The museum is open weekdays (except Mondays), 9:30-18:00, and weekends, 9:30-19:00. It is located at Ömerpaşa Caddesi, Dr. Zeki Zeren Sokak 17, Göztepe-Kadıköy, Istanbul.

Gallery

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  Plane toy based on a real plane P-38 in which Antoine de Saint-Exupéry died
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  Toy produced by the famous toy produceer Ernst Paul Lehmann
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  Figurines of American presidents
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  Second World War, Germany 1933–1940
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  Dollhouse – butcher, Germany 1900

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