Giocars - Museo del Giocattolo In Movimento
Private museum in Sala Bolognese with Adriano Guidi’s collection of moving toys: tricycles, prams, rocking horses and cars.
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About the museum
Giocars arises from the passion of Adriano Guidi, a collector who gathered objects from childhood on and who, over the course of his life, sought out toys designed for movement at fairs and antiques markets. The collection is housed in his country house in Sala Bolognese, in the heart of the Emilian Motorvalley.
The common thread of the collections is the theme of going and carrying: from sedan chairs to tricycles, from carousels with little horses to prams, and a series of large-format cars in perfect working order. The museum documents how adults and children have moved and played, over time, with every kind of mechanical vehicle.
The museum’s website illustrates some sections: children’s bicycles and tricycles, produced from around 1870 and spread in Italy especially by the Bolognese firm Giordani; prams and pushchairs, born in England at the end of the 18th century; rocking horses and toy carriages, the earliest evidence of which dates to the Baroque period. The visit takes place entirely on the ground floor.
Highlights
- Tricycles and children’s bicycles from around 1870, including the “Balilla” models by the firm Giordani
- Prams and pushchairs from the 19th century
- Rocking horses and carousel horses
- Toy carriages from the Baroque and 19th-century periods
- Large-format cars in perfect working order
Permanent exhibition
- Le collezioni Adriano Guidi – Around a thousand objects linked to the theme of movement: tricycles, prams, rocking horses, toy carriages and cars.
- Operated by
- Adriano Guidi
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €8 |
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| Reduced | €5Over 70 |
| Children & teens | €5Children under 12: €5; resident children: €3. |
| Groups (6+ people) | €5 per personAdult groups (more than 5 people) €5 per person; children’s groups (more than 5) €3 per person. |
| Guided tour | €10 |
| Full adult ticket, residents | €5 |
| Children, residents | €3 |
With the Card Cultura, admission is reduced to €5 instead of €8. Tickets are purchased on site, in cash or by credit card.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The museum is free of architectural barriers and the visit takes place on the ground floor. Only guide dogs for visually impaired people are admitted.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Photography | Photographs of the objects are allowed for personal use only. |
| Good to know | Booking is compulsory for school and university groups. Touching the exhibited toys, climbing onto the little horses and cars, and eating food inside the museum are prohibited. |
