Mechelen Toy Museum

The Mechelen Toy Museum (Speelgoedmuseum Mechelen) is a Toy Museum\ situated in the Nekkerspoel hamlet in Mechelen, Belgium, is a museum containing a unique collection of past and contemporary toys on a total surface of 7,000 m2. The museum was founded in April 1982, and since 1998 it is a recognized museum. The permanent collection is subdivided in the following categories:


 * Circus and kermesse
 * Construction toys
 * Creative and educational toys
 * Stuffed toys
 * Mechanical and iron toys
 * Optical and sound-making toys
 * Puppets
 * Puzzles and board games
 * Soldiers
 * Toys around the world
 * Traditional child games and Pieter Bruegel
 * Trains
 * Transport in miniature

Apart from that there are also changing exhibitions. The museum also has an educational service with school programmes.