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The Istanbul Toy Museum (Turkish: İstanbul Oyuncak Müzesi) is a toy museum located in the Göztepe neighbourhood of Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey.
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| Established | April 23, 2005 |
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| Location | Göztepe, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 40°58′33″N 29°04′15″E / 40.97593°N 29.07073°E |
| Type | Toy museum |
| Collection size | 4,000 toys and miniatures |
| Owner | Sunay Akın |
| Public transit access | Bus, suburb train |
| Website | www |
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.
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Plane toy based on a real plane P-38 in which Antoine de Saint-Exupéry died -
Toy produced by the famous toy produceer Ernst Paul Lehmann -
Figurines of American presidents -
Second World War, Germany 1933–1940 -
Dollhouse – butcher, Germany 1900
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