The Speelgoedmuseum



The stairwell was a bit steep!



During our recent visit to Amsterdam, we stopped at a very small toy museum in the seaside town of Hoorn.  The museum was located in a seventeenth-century home in a quiet neighborhood.  The owner lived on the main level while the toys were displayed on the upper floors.   So, up we climbed to the third floor and worked our way down.   Although it was much smaller than we had anticipated, it was quaint and diverse, and to my surprise, there wasn’t a speck of dust anywhere. 

A display board hung in the last room with pictures and comments from children who had visited the museum.  Among the sweet comments, the one that really made me smile read, “I found the toys old.  And the woman from the toy museum was old.”