Musée de la Poupée et du Jouet Ancien de Wambrechies

Over het museum

The museum displays a collection of dolls and antique toys in the Château de Robersart, in Wambrechies, north-west of Lille. It describes itself as a place for children of all ages, where toys are shown within a setting rather than isolated in display cases.

The toys are presented against a backdrop of postcards of local and national history spanning a century. The scenes respect scale, materials and periods. Visitors move from late 19th-century porcelain dolls to the first Barbies of the 1960s, with their trousseaux, tableware and household items.

Other areas show electric trains, Citroën cars, lead soldiers, Radiguet and Bing boats, as well as a miniature farm. The museum also organises themed exhibitions, for example on toys of the First World War, and each year in September it hosts the Eurotoy international fair devoted to antique toys.

Hoogtepunten

• Late 19th-century porcelain dolls and the first Barbies
• Electric trains, Citroën cars, lead soldiers and Radiguet and Bing boats
• Scenes set against old postcard backdrops
• Around 30 Flemish games free to play with
• Annual Eurotoy fair, last Sunday of September

Vaste collectie

• Collection de poupées et de jouets anciens – Porcelain dolls, the first Barbies, trains, cars, lead soldiers and boats, presented in scenes set against historical postcard backdrops.

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Doe- en voelstations

Around 30 Flemish games are free to play as a family. For children’s groups, craft activities of about one hour (carnival masks, decorating Easter eggs) are offered by reservation in a room next to the museum; during the short holidays, a workshop is open to all.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is about a 10-minute drive north-west of Lille. From the A25, take the north-west Lille ring road (M652/D652) to exit 9 Wambrechies-Centre, then follow the signs for the town centre.

Service & horeca

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Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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