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Pollock's Toy Museum

Coordinates: 51°31′13″N 0°8′7″W / 51.52028°N 0.13528°W / 51.52028; -0.13528
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51°31′13″N 0°8′7″W / 51.52028°N 0.13528°W / 51.52028; -0.13528

Pollock's Toy Museum, Scala Street
Collection of playing cards, Pollock's Toy Museum London
Masks, Pollock's Toy Museum London, July 2009

Pollock's Toy Museum is a small museum in London, England.[1]

A display of dolls

The museum was started in 1956 in a single attic room at 44 Monmouth Street, near Covent Garden, above Benjamin Pollock's Toy Shop, where Pollock's Toy Theatres were also sold. As the enterprise flourished, other rooms were taken over for the museum and the ground floor became a toyshop. By 1969 the collection had outgrown the Monmouth Street premises and Pollock's Toy Museum moved to 1 Scala Street, with a museum shop on the ground floor to contribute to its support. The museum continues today to be run by the grandson of the founder Marguerite Fawdry.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to Pollock's Toy Museum". www.pollockstoys.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Pollock's Toy Museum". Retrieved 29 October 2017.