Museum of Childhood

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Described as 'the noisiest museum in the world'. the Museum of Childhood is a favourite with adults and children alike.

It is a treasure house, crammed full of objects telling of childhood, past and present. The museum opened in 1955, the brainchild of town councillor Patrick Murray, and was the first museum in the world to specialise in the history of childhood. There are toys and games of all kinds from many parts of the world, ranging from dolls and teddy bears to train sets and tricycles. Listen to the children chanting multiplication tables in the 1930s schoolroom. Watch the street games of Edinburgh children of the 1950s, and find out how children have been brought up, dressed and educated in decades gone by.

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Jurys Inn Edinburgh
… princes street and within walking distance of edinburgh
castle. The hotel is a 20 minute …
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Radisson Sas Hotel
… the oldest street in edinburgh, scotland. It lies
between edinburgh castle at the top of …
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Smartcityhostels Edinburgh
… town, 400 metres from the royal mile and
the castle and 500 metres from the …
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Barceló Edinburgh Carlton Hotel
… holyroodhouse and princes street shopping thoroughfare are 800
metres away and the dean gallery is …
0.1 miles (0.2 km) from Museum of Childhood

Distances are calculated as the crow flies, and are provided as an aid in planning only.

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