You are no longer a child, but indifferent to toys? There is nothing surprising. According to scientists, toys are an integral part of any culture, awakening in us a craving for free creativity and aesthetics. Therefore, items of childish amusement eventually move from private homes to exhibition shelves and become exhibits. A great example of this is the Toy Museum in Moscow, located in the possession of the Izmailovsky Kremlin. In his collection of more than 4, 000 exhibits.
Childhood is a time of joyful surprise of life, not burdened with practicalism, a time of an insatiable craving for knowledge, a deep and strong faith in miracles. Are these the components of true happiness? Having visited the toy museum in Moscow, you will touch the fragile magical world and become its hero.
The warm beauty of antiquity
The specificity of the museum in Izmailovo is that there is a centuries-old ribbon of folk crafts unfold in front of the visitor. This is a rare chance to enjoy the beauty of Dymkovo, Kargapol, Bogorodsk, Filimonov, Polkh-Maidan painted creations, to see touching samples of fabric, straw, wooden toys.
A visual tour will be complemented by an interesting story from the museum curators about the history of Russian toys.
It’s great that you can pick up exhibits, turn them in your hands and play with them. And holding in his hands the amusements of the distant past, I want to create something similar myself. Some gizmos seem completely unfamiliar, and coaching is needed to play with them. Pile, ryukha, kubar - well, what will these names say to a modern student? But these are Russian traditional toys with which both children and adults had fun.
See, touch, create
It offers visitors - master classes in manufacturing and painting. You can build a birch bark or a bait toy, paint a clay horse, a whistle or a wooden nesting doll. And you will create your work strictly according to the canons of your chosen technique, and then take it with you, surprise your friends. Master classes are so popular that you should sign up in advance.
To get to this amazing museum, you need to get to the Partizanskaya metro station, cross the square, go into the pedestrian zone, which will lead to the Izmailovsky Kremlin.
Puppet Country Adventures
Museum of folk toys with the glorious name "Fun" is considered young. It arose in 1998 on the basis of the Tradition Society of Folk Art Lovers. Here visitors can admire works from 15 Russian regions. Khludnevskaya, Romanovskaya, Fedoseevskaya, Abashevskaya, voluntary and other toys made of wood, bast, clay, birch bark and shreds are in the public domain. With them you can play fairy tales. Excursions for young visitors - interactive, gaming and thematic. You can find the "Fun" in Moscow on 1st Pugachevskaya Street in Building 17, Transfiguration Square metro station.
Nostalgia
Toys of the Soviet era were found in the Moscow City Palace of Children's Creativity: rubber and celluloid dolls, dolls, elephants, lion cubs, kittens, hippos, cardboard and wooden horses, metal cars, plastic boats, miniature furniture and dishes for dolls, toys that were popular at that time scales, irons and gas stoves, troops from tiny plastic soldiers and, of course, fur animals.
As today, the children of the Soviet era rejoiced in toys - the heroes of their favorite fairy tales and cartoons: Malvina and Pinocchio vehemently nod to the visitors from the shelves, the beautiful Snow Queen looks arrogantly, Little Red Riding Hood looks shyly, three brave little pigs are smiling.
Researcher Sergey Romanov collects and constantly replenishes the collection. This toy museum in Moscow is especially popular among visitors: people who once looked after the same plush animals and watered from a tiny doll service come here. But modern kids have something to be surprised at: the toys of the past are mesmerizing in that each has his own character, mood.
The museum is located on Kosygina street, house 17, metro station "University".
