Some of the well known doll museums across the world include Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, London, The Johnny Gruelle Raggedy Ann & Andy Museum in Arcola, Illinois, Deutsches Puppen-und Bärenmuseum, Germany and Doll and Toy Museum of the City of New York among others. Among these the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood is an extension of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The collection include all kinds of dolls along with other toys some of which dating back to the 17th century. Some of the toys at this museum are donations made by the royalty. The Toy Museum of the City of New York has priceless collection of artist dolls, international dolls as well as antique and modern dolls. Other attractions in this museum include custom designed toy exhibitions, attendance builders and more.
The other popular doll museums include Musee de la Poupee et du Jouet Ancien in Paris, Toy Museum in Prague, Yokohama Doll Museum in Japan and the Shankar's International Doll Museum in India. Of these the Shankar’s International Dolls Museum in New Delhi has one of the widest collections of costume dolls as compared to any other place in the world. The dolls of special interest at this museum include replica Dolls of the Queen’s collection (UK), Boys and Girls Festival dolls from Japan, Kabuki and Samurai dolls from Japan and many others.
The doll museums around the world offer important insights in the origin and types of dolls in various countries. There are many workshops held in these toy museums to offer understanding and knowledge on the history of dolls. The exhibition of dolls in these museums includes a variety of dolls from various time periods and countries.
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