Follow Marina as she visits the Museum of Shanghai Toys on the last day of IMD 2007:

The exhibition focused on toys from the 50’s to the 70’s and I was thoroughly facinated by the amount of toys there. There must have been a kazillion!

A little trivia – Did you know that in ancient China, dolls were used to be charms to be buried with the dead? Thats why when Europe, the largest manufacturer of dolls during the time started to export them to China, many of them were too afraid of it.

Marina’s pictures show a great selection of the museum’s offerings, but you should really check it out for yourself because there are three storeys of toy history to discover! You can also visit the Museum of Shanghai Toys blog.

Tags: Museum of Shanghai Toys, Singaporean Childhood Exhibition, IMD 2007, International Museum Day 2007