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Small Stories: At Home in a Dolls' House at the Museum of Childhood • Vintage Frills
Last week I popped across London to Bethnal Green to visit a museum I really love. The Museum of Childhood is a magical celebration of toys, games and everything that makes childhood memorable. It’s also owned by the V&A so you can expect to see the same creative celebration of objects as a way to tell us about the past, as you would at the larger London museum. I’ve visited the museum several times I remember going on a school trip as a small child as well as returning with my own children several times. I love the mix of historical toys and more recent retro and modern toys, many of which I recognise and remember playing with when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. Whatever age you are you’ll find something to make you feel nostalgic and I just find the place completely magical. On this occasion I was drawn to the museum by their latest major exhibition. Small Stories walks us through the history of the home through dolls houses and each tiny little world has a story behind it. I’m sure it’s hard to find anyone who is not drawn to dolls houses, there […]
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