Musée du jouet de Moirans-en-Montagne, Toy museum in Moirans-en-Montagne, France.
The Musée du jouet de Moirans-en-Montagne holds 16,000 games and toys from around the world spanning 5,000 years, with 3,000 pieces on display. Its exhibition rooms, doubled to 1,900 m² in the 2010–2012 renovation, have grey floors and white walls lined with glass-fronted shelves of toys, books and boxes, plus dark glass-topped tables and illuminated cases.
Woodturning of toys in the Haut Jura began in the Middle Ages with monks of the Abbey of Saint-Claude, then Jura craftsmen and farmers. The museum opened in 1989 and was fully renovated between 2010 and 2012, doubling exhibition space to 1,900 m². Local firms such as Smoby, France's leading toy manufacturer, and Djeco continue the trade under the "Made in Jura" label.
The museum traces a wood-turning tradition begun in the Haut Jura by monks of the Abbey of Saint-Claude and carried on by Jura artisans and farmers. Local firms continue it today, among them Smoby, presented as France's leading toy manufacturer, Djeco, and the "Made in Jura" label. Visitors see turned wooden toys and games from this lineage alongside pieces from around the world.
The museum is in Moirans-en-Montagne, within the Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park. The 2010–2012 renovation doubled exhibition space to 1,900 m², so allow time for both the permanent displays and temporary exhibitions. The exhibition rooms are on one level, with glass display tables and illuminated cases along the walls.
The collection spans 5,000 years of play, but only 3,000 of the 16,000 objects are on display. The rest sit in storage, and the museum's 2010–2012 renovation doubled the exhibition space to 1,900 m², so the visible selection can change.
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