İzmir Toy Museum (also called “Ümran Baradan Toy Museum”) is a museum of toys in

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban aggl ...

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. The museum is situated near Varyant street on Halil Rifat Paşa mah 31, Konak

History

The museum was established by ceramic artist, Ümran Baradan. In 2005, she donated a two-storey house and toys she had purchased in various countries. Later, Sunay Akın, who had previously founded İstanbul Toy Museum, contributed various items to the museum.

The museum

The museum is now run by the municipality of Konak (an intracity district of İzmir.) The ground floor contains objects donated by Ümran Baradan. The first floor is reserved for Sunay Akın's donations. Karagöz in İzmir Toy Museum

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in İzmir Toy Museum

Exhibits

In addition to classical Turkish toys, such as

Karagöz and Hacivat Karagöz (literally ''Blackeye'' in Turkish) and Hacivat (shortened in time from "Hacı İvaz" meaning "İvaz the Pilgrim", and also sometimes written as Hacivad) are the lead characters of the traditional Turkish shadow play, popularized during ...

, toys from many countries are displayed. Some examples are:Konak municipality museum page
/ref> *1860 Baby carriage (United States) *1880 Cardboard town (United Kingdom) *1920 Teddy bear (Germany) *1920 Dancing girl (Italy) *1920 Baby house (Turkey-Alanya) *1930 Washing machine (United States) *1920s Tin automobiles (United States, United Kingdom and Germany)

References

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