Brighton Toy and Model Museum
Brighton Toy and Model Museum, with Brighton Belle mural
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| Established | 1991 |
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| Location | 52-55 Trafalgar Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4EB, England |
| Coordinates | 50°49′43″N 0°08′27″W / 50.828611°N 0.140833°W |
| Type | Toy museum, Model museum |
| Accreditation | Arts Council England |
| Collections | pre-1900, 1900-~1950s |
| Collection size | 10,000 |
| Founder | Christopher Littledale |
| Director | Christopher Littledale |
| Public transit access | Brighton station, beneath the station cab rank. Exit the front of the station (Queens Road), and locate the "tunnel" entrance to Trafalgar Street between the railings outside Marks & Spencers. |
| Website | www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk |
Brighton Toy and Model Museum (sometimes referred to as Brighton Toy Museum) is an independent toy museum situated in Brighton, East Sussex (registered charity no. 1001560). Its collection focuses on toys and models produced in the UK and Europe up until the mid-Twentieth Century, and occupies four thousand square feet of floor space within four of the early Victorian arches supporting the forecourt of Brighton railway station. Founded in 1991, the museum holds over ten thousand toys and models, including model train collections, puppets, construction toys and radio-controlled aircraft.
The display area includes large operational model railway layouts (in 0- and 00-gauge), and displays of period pieces from manufacturers including Bing, Bassett-Lowke, Georges Carette, Dinky, Hornby Trains, Märklin, Meccano, Pelham Puppets and Steiff. It also includes individually engineered working models including a quarter-scale traction engine, steamroller and Spitfire fighter plane in the lobby.
In 2013, the museum announced that it was now twinned with the Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul.
Entrance to the first arch of the museum, containing the foyer/shop area and the Brighton Visitor Information Point, is free. This area provides free maps and brochures, and has a small "stocking filler" toy shop used by visiting school trips, secondhand books, and a set of "Collector's Market" cabinets containing collectables that are sold on a commission basis.
It also contains the "Glamour of Brighton" exhibition, whose Brighton-related models and displays include the Brighton Pavilion, Magnus Volk's electric and seashore electric railways, the old Brighton locomotive works, and the Brighton Belle Pullman train.
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