{{more citations needed|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox museum | name = Istanbul Toy Museum | native_name = İstanbul Oyuncak Müzesi | native_name_lang = | image = MuzeumhracekIstanbul budova.JPG | caption = Front view | alt = | map_type = Turkey Istanbul | map_caption = Location of Istanbul Toy Museum | map_alt = | map_size = | coordinates = {{coord|40.97593|29.07073|region:TR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | established = {{start date and age|2005|04|23}} | dissolved = | location = Göztepe, Istanbul, Turkey | type = Toy museum | collection_size = 4,000 toys and miniatures | visitors = | director = | president = | curator = | owner = Sunay Akın | public_transit = Bus, suburb train | parking = | network = | website = {{URL|http://www.istanbuloyuncakmuzesi.com/}} }}
The '''Istanbul Toy Museum''' ({{langx|tr|İstanbul Oyuncak Müzesi}}) is a toy museum located in the Göztepe neighbourhood of Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey.
The museum was founded by the Turkish poet and novelist, Sunay Akın, in 2005. The museum opened on April 23, a national holiday in Turkey, National Sovereignty and Children's Day. Currently, the museum has on display 4,000 toys and miniatures from Turkey and abroad; many of the exhibits are antiques, some of which date back nearly 200 years. The first floor of the museum is the site of the Eyüp Toy Shop, a famous toy shop that closed down in the 1950s.
In 2012, the museum was nominated and shortlisted for the annual European Museum Academy Children's Museum Award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hands-on-international.net/public/allegati/2012%20CMA%20Judges%27%20Report.pdf |title=EMA 2012 CHILDREN’S MUSEUM AWARD Report |access-date=2014-02-24 |archive-date=2025-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708191040/http://www.hands-on-international.net/public/allegati/2012%2520CMA%2520Judges%27%2520Report.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The museum is open weekdays (except Mondays), 9:30-18:00, and weekends, 9:30-19:00. It is located at Ömerpaşa Caddesi, Dr. Zeki Zeren Sokak 17, Göztepe-Kadıköy, Istanbul.
==Gallery== <gallery> MuzeumhracekIstanbul_AntoineExupery.JPG|Plane toy based on a real plane P-38 in which Antoine de Saint-Exupéry died MuzeumhracekIstanbul_LehmanToyFactory.JPG|Toy produced by the famous toy producer Ernst Paul Lehmann MuzeumhracekIstanbul_prezidentiusa_figurky.JPG|Figurines of American presidents MuzeumhracekIstanbul_hitler.JPG|Second World War, Germany 1933–1940 MuzeumhracekIstanbul_reznik.JPG|Dollhouse – butcher, Germany 1900 </gallery>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Istanbul Toy Museum}} *{{official|https://istanbuloyuncakmuzesi.com/}}
{{Museums in Istanbul}}
Category:Museums established in 2005 Toy Museum Category:Toy museums Category:Doll museums Category:2005 establishments in Turkey Category:Kadıköy