West_Wales_Museum_of_Childhood
West Wales Museum of Childhood
Toy museum in Carmarthenshire, Wales
The West Wales Museum of Childhood was a museum in Wales which opened in 2005.[1]
Items typical of the museum's exhibits | |
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| Established | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Location | Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Coordinates | 52.0341°N 4.3830°W / 52.0341; -4.3830 |
| Type | Toy museum |
| Website | West Wales Museum of Childhood |
The West Wales Museum of Childhood was located in Llangeler, near Newcastle Emlyn along the A484, the Carmarthen to Cardigan road. It was sited in the River Teifi river valley only a short distance from the Welsh National Woollen Museum (latterly known as the National Wool Museum) at Drefach Felindre. The museum has now closed and the collection has been moved to Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.[2]
There were more than 10,000 items on display in the five galleries of the museum. Exhibits included toys, dolls, model trains, model cars, teddy bears, toy soldiers, costumes, pinball machines, games, a period schoolroom, and household items. The museum was a privately run enterprise and received no outside funding. Photos of some of the exhibits can still be seen on the People's Collection Wales website.[3]
The museum was awarded accreditation under VisitWales VAQAS -the Welsh Assembly Government's Visitor Attraction Quality Accreditation Scheme [4]
- Museums in Wales
- National Woollen Museum of Wales
- "Child's play at 20,000 toy museum". BBC News. 14 March 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- "Museum of Childhood". See Around Britain. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- "West Wales Museum of Childhood". People's Collection Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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