South Devon, UK

Please ring them in advance, 
before visiting, in case the museum is  closed.

UK Doll Museums 

Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood,

Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9PA 

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.

UK Doll Hospitals

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. 

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.

The Dolly Doctors
restore and repair all types of dolls.

The Doll Infirmary,
13 Windsor Road,
Thanington-Without
Kent CT1 3UN

01227 479387

07867612631

 tina@thedollinfirmary.com

 www.thedollinfirmary.co.uk

Dunster Dolls Museum,  

Memorial Hall
High Street
Dunster
Somerset
TA24 6SF
Tel: 01643 821109

http://www.visitsomerset.co.uk/site/dunster-dolls-museum-p139683

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRaVdKl98BI

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.

'Polly's Dolls' Hospital and Teddy Clinic
Whitby, North Yorkshire
www.dollieshospital.co.uk

Will ensure that your treasured toy will be restored to its former glory.  Polly can deal with every type of restoration from re-stringing dolls, replacing voice boxes and growlers to repairing limbs and bodies.  Written valuations can also be supplied for insurance purposes.

Tel:  01947 811145
polly@dollieshospital.co.uk 

Page updated 2-Sept-2009