Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art, Art museum dedicated to dolls in Bellevue, United States
The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art was an art museum in Bellevue, Washington, holding a permanent collection of more than 1,200 dolls. It was founded in 1992 and received awards for its collection, among them the Jumeau Trophy for best private doll museum in the world. The museum closed on March 1, 2012.
Rosalie Whyel founded the museum in 1992; it won the Jumeau Trophy for best private doll museum in the world. In August 2011 Whyel announced the museum would close on March 1, 2012. Five years later the building became the new location of KidsQuest Children's Museum.
The museum's collection earned the Jumeau Trophy, awarded for the best private doll museum in the world, a distinction tied to the French dollmaker Jumeau. Its more than 1,200 dolls came from different countries and periods, and the displays let visitors compare manufacturing methods and styles side by side.
The museum was located in Bellevue, a suburb east of Seattle, and was easily accessible to visitors from the wider region. Since it closed in 2012, the original museum cannot be visited, but the building now houses a different institution.
The museum's collection earned the Jumeau Trophy, awarded for the best private doll museum in the world. After the museum closed on March 1, 2012, the building stood unused for about five years before KidsQuest Children's Museum moved in.
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