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                                UK Doll Museums and Hospitals

 

                            

ENGLAND

Antique Doll & Teddies Collection,

Golden Cross Inn, Wixford Rd, Arden's Grafton B50 4LG

01789 772420

South off the A46 eight miles west of Stratford upon Avon. Exhibition in 300-year old pub.  

Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood,

Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9PA 

Telephone: 020 8983 5200

Fax: 020 8983 5225

 

A branch of the V&A, in the heart of London’s East End. The Museum of Childhood has the UK's national collection of toys, games and childhood objects. It offers a memorable day out for visitors of all ages, a lively programme of activities, an opportunity to reminisce, and provides a second-to-none teaching resource for primary schools.


Dunster Doll's House,

Memorial Hall, High St, Dunster, Minehead TA24 6SF

*Photo at top of page showing some of their dolls*  There are over 700 dolls in the collection from many nations and covering a vast time span. Also doll's houses and christening robes. 

 

'A doll is an inanimate object that represents a human being in miniature'. Between 1954 and 1970 Mrs. Mollie Hardwick collected dolls in her Dunster cottage. This collection invites for many of us a trip down memory lane and demonstrates the interests and skills of doll-makers past and present.


Warwick Doll Museum,

Oken's House, Castle St, Warwick CV34 4BP

01926 495546  
 Warwick Doll Museum closed on 31 August 2004.  
The collection is currently undergoing conservation.  
A new doll and toy display will open at St John's House, Warwick in 2005.

A pleasant collection of antique dolls and toys, exhibiting of the history of the doll. Thomas Oken's house, from the 1500s when he was an important man in town, makes a splendid picture with glancing light across its black and white facade.


SCOTLAND

Dolls House Museum,

29 Queen St, Newton Stewart DG8 6JR

phone/fax: 01671 403344

An exhibition of some fifty dolls houses complete with miniature furnishings and fittings of different periods

 

Little Treasures Dolls House Museum,

Petersfield, Kemnay AB51 5PR

01467 642332

Approx' 18 miles north west of Aberdeen, off the A96.


DOLL HOSPITALS IN THE UK

Doll Teddy & Toy Repair Service
 www.toyrepairs.co.uk
 Hilary Brown has been running a doll's hospital for over 10 years now: "and whether it is a tired Teddy, a damaged Doll or a Toy that is loved but battered and broken, then she is sure that she can repair most of the problems that befall these as time passes and the years of cuddles take their toll. However, she knows that some people are unwilling to trust their broken doll or teddy to the postal system.  Doll's hospitals are few and far between but she is building up a list of hospitals located elsewhere in the UK. If you fancy having a go at repairs yourself then she has some really good suppliers listed on her site. 

The Dolly Doctors
Dolly Doctors restore and repair all types of dolls.
Tina & Steve Watts, The Dolly Doctors,
The Doll Infirmary,
13 Windsor Road,
Thanington-Without
Kent CT1 3UN
Tel: 01227 479387   or     07867612631
tina@thedollinfirmary.fsnet.co.uk