Toy Museum Salzburg, Interactive toy museum in Salzburg, Austria
The Salzburg Toy Museum is a museum with collections spanning several centuries displayed across three floors. The exhibition includes dollhouses in various styles, vintage teddy bears made from different materials, and working model trains with detailed railway layouts.
The museum opened in 1978 in the 16th-century Bürgerspital building next to the St. Blasius church. Its holdings come from the private collection of Gabriele Folk-Stoi and Hugo Folk, once called the "Sammlung Folk". After a building conversion and complete redesign of the exhibition areas, it reopened in 2011. It belongs to the Salzburg Museum, formerly the Salzburger Museum Carolino-Augusteum.
The collection shows how children played in different eras and what toys were popular at various times. You see traditional Austrian dolls and handmade objects that reveal how play has changed across generations.
The museum is easily accessible on foot in the old town and has exhibitions spread across all three floors where visitors can move at their own pace. There are stairs and elevators to move between levels, and it is important to allow enough time to see everything without rushing.
The museum is housed in the 16th-century Bürgerspital, the historic citizens' hospital beside the St. Blasius church. Its core is the former private collection of Gabriele Folk-Stoi and Hugo Folk, once known as the "Sammlung Folk". Paper theatres form a particular focus alongside wooden, clay and tin toys, dolls and dollhouses.
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