91 Items Tagged

Dolls

Sacramento, California

Patty Reed's Doll

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

A collection of 8 coffins with their lids and carved figures, found in a rocky niche on the north-eastern slopes of Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, in June 1836. © National Museums Scotland (used with permission)

Edinburgh, Scotland

Burke & Hare Murder Dolls

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

Cleveland, Georgia

Babyland General Hospital: Cabbage Patch Kids

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

Permanently Closed

The World Through Wooden Eyes

Glasgow, Scotland

The World Through Wooden Eyes

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

Nutshell Studies Diorama

Baltimore, Maryland

Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Permanently Closed

Musée de la Poupée

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

Felix the Cat(s)

Mint Museum of Toys

30 years worth of pressed-tin, bakalite, and characters both loved and forgotten.

A collection in Sydney's Original Doll Hospital

Bexley, Australia

Sydney's Original Doll Hospital

Over two million dolls have been healed during this hospital's century in business.

Saint-Ouen, France

Tombées du Camion

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

New Orleans, Louisiana

House of Broel

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

Day 25: Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Dylan Thuras October 25, 2011

Day 23: Teeny Tiny Murder Victims

Veronique Greenwood October 23, 2011

Day 15: Toyland Gone Horribly, Horribly Wrong

Tre October 15, 2011

The exterior of one of the doll houses. Visible are the raised walkways that connect some of the houses.

Supply, North Carolina

Mary's Gone Wild Folk Art and Doll Baby Museum

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Aeugst am Albis, Switzerland

Pegasus Small World Toy Museum

Museum featuring strange and enchanting toys of the past.

Permanently Closed

Automatons and Dolls of Yesteryear

Thousands of costumed dolls fill one of the world's creepiest museums.

Fort Mitchell, Kentucky

Vent Haven Museum

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

Permanently Closed

Portland, Oregon

Kidd's Toy Museum

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.