It’s not every day that you get to read the thoughts and motivations of a museum owner. Marvin from the Museum of Shanghai Toys (MoST) blogs about how he started out in his collection of toys and how that collection eventually became the Museum of Shanghai Toys.
After I opened my museum, many visitors are very interested to know how and when did I start collecting toys, which toy is rare, and of course the most interesting question is, WHY I WANT TO OPEN A MUSEUM. So I thought it is better for me to share my passion and my thoughts on the blog. (Hope this can create more awareness and attract more people to visit this museum blog)
I came from HK in 1982 after my secondary education. Because of my mother, I liked to collect stamps, old coins when I were young and I continued my hobby after I migrated to Singapore.
In mid 80s, almost every of my generation started to crazy about retro items and comic books. And as a graphic designer (I graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 1986), I also influenced by this trend. I stopped collecting stamps, started to collect vintage watches, old magazines, old comic books and most of the time I looked for them from dust bin. Yes, from dust bin, just like “Kalang Guni” but I enjoyed to do it. And you won’t know, I can find plenty of old comic books, vinatge magazines, “Kuti Kuti, old photos, old electric fans etc during that time. The reason is many old houses, buildings were demolished in 80s and many people were moved from old houses to new HDB flats, so they kept on throwing things.
Read the full post here. More episodes of Marvin’s toy collection to follow!
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