Nuremberg Toy Museum, Toy museum in Nuremberg, Germany.
The Nuremberg Toy Museum sits inside the Hallersches Haus, a restored building from the 16th century, displaying a large collection of toys from different periods. The exhibition spreads across several floors and presents dolls, wooden toys, tin figures, and other playthings from ancient times to the modern era.
The museum opened in 1971 after the Bayer family donated their extensive toy collection, which they had gathered since the 1920s. The building itself dates to the 16th century and reflects Nuremberg's history as a toy-making center.
The collection shows how toys have shaped childhood across centuries and what role they played in different cultures. Walking through, you see dolls, soldiers, and wooden pieces that reveal what captured children's imagination in their time.
The building is easy to reach on foot and sits in Nuremberg's old town area, where many other historical sites are nearby. There are several paths through the exhibition, and you can explore them at your own pace without feeling rushed.
At the museum's entrance stands the Gockelreiterbrunnen, a fountain featuring an unusual ceramic figure of a rider sitting on a rooster. This artistic figure was created by sculptor Michael Mathias Prechtl and is its own work of art that many visitors miss.
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