THE MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD

This museum contains a fascinating collection of toys, dolls and games from Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian times to the present day.

The Museum, founded by Patrick Murray in 1955, occupies two storeys of the 18th century rear of the building.

Many of the exhibits come from Murray’s private collection, but after the Museum, the first of its kind, opened its doors gifts from all over the world began to innundate the organisers.

In addition to dolls (a collection still unequaled) artefacts include slot machines, games, puppets, cars, bicycles and children’s books.