Location
1 Scala Street
London W1T 2HL
Pollocks Toy Museum takes its name from Benjamin Pollock, the last of the Victorian Toy Theatre printers. Set up by Marguerite Fawdry who bought up the stock of Benjamin Pollock Ltd., after trying to buy one small item for her son’s toy theatre.
Benjamin Pollock’s original shop at 73 Hoxton Street,
Shoreditch which unfortunately was subject to bomb damage in the Second World War.
The present museum has been at Scala Street since 1969.
Shoreditch which unfortunately was subject to bomb damage in the Second World War.
The present museum has been at Scala Street since 1969.
Nearly every kind of toy imaginable turns up here from all over the world and from all different time periods. It’s a fascinating exhibition of toy theatres, teddy bears, wax and china dolls, board games, optical toys, folk toys, nursery furniture, mechanical toys and doll’s houses.
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