Mechelen Toy Museum
# Mechelen Toy Museum

The Mechelen Toy Museum (Dutch: Speelgoedmuseum Mechelen) is a Toy Museum\ situated in the Nekkerspoel hamlet in Mechelen, Belgium, is a museum containing a unique collection of past and contemporary toys on a total surface of 7,000 $m^2.$ The museum was founded in April 1982, and since 1998 it is a recognized museum. The permanent collection is subdivided in the following categories:

* Circus and kermesse
* Construction toys
* Creative and educational toys
* Stuffed toys
* Mechanical and iron toys
* Optical and sound-making toys
* Puppets
* Puzzles and board games
* Soldiers
* Toys around the world
* Traditional child games and Pieter Bruegel
* Trains
* Transport in miniature

Apart from that there are also changing exhibitions. The museum also has an educational service with school programmes.

