İstanbul Toy Museum

The Istanbul Toy Museum (İstanbul Oyuncak Müzesi) invites you to step into a curated snapshot of play from across Turkey and beyond. Founded by the Turkish poet and novelist Sunay Akın in 2005, it opened on April 23, National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, a date chosen to celebrate imagination as well as heritage. The collection now numbers around 4,000 toys and miniatures, many antiques dating back nearly two centuries, offering a tangible thread through changing eras of childhood. Housed in the Göztepe area of Kadıköy, the museum preserves a sense of history as you wander through rooms that imply different moments in toy-making and taste. …

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