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From the collection of Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
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Exhibition
Play Time
25 Mar 2023 – 17 Sep 2023
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- Newarke Houses Museum & Gardens
- The Newarke
- Leicester
Leicestershire - LE2 7BY
- United Kingdom
Event map
The exhibition includes toys, dolls, and teddies from the museum’s extensive collection.
About
Highlights include a 1930s peddle car, doll houses, lead soldiers and an array of dolls from a small wooden Dutch doll to imposing talking dolls. The original DOMINOES toy sign will also be on display. The sign was collected by the museum service when the shop closed in 2013. This is the first time all the letters are on display since they became part of the museum collection.
The exhibition explores how learning through play has ignited children’s imagination and prepared them for their role in society. Not to mention providing endless hours of fun and pleasure.
