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Finding
and buying art or antiques will be all an
adventure at Cuba; you should know that there
is no free enterprise at Cuba. It is not
wonder that the first dilemma is where to
buy, from the government or to acquire it
from an
individual?
More
about Dolls
A doll is a model of a human (often a baby), a humanoid (like Bert and Ernie), an animal or a fictional character (like a Troll or a Smurf), usually made of cloth or plastic. Sometimes, intended as keepsakes or collections for older children and adults, it could be made in wood, porcelain, bisque, celluloid or wax. Some dolls are intended as toys for children, usually girls, to play with. Others are for decoration or have some cultural significance, possibly for use in some ceremony or ritual. Archaeological evidence places dolls as foremost candidate for oldest known toy, having been found in Egyptian tombs which date to as early as 2000 BC.
The model is usually a miniature, but a baby doll may be of true size. A large model of hard material is called a statue.
A doll or animal model of soft material is also called cuddly toy.
Dolls are distinguished from action figures, which are generally of plastic construction and poseable to some extent, and exist largely for the purpose of marketing the television shows or films which feature the characters they are often modeled after.
Famous types of doll
and dollz makers
Toy Dolls, Barbie and Ken, by Mattel TM, Blythe, Cabbage Patch Kids, Cindy Smart, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Kewpie Doll, Bratz, Strawberry Shortcake, Bobblehead doll, Troll Doll, Super Dollfie.
Other Dolls: Kachina dolls, Matrushka doll, Voodoo doll, Worry dolls
Collection of Dolls, Figures, Dolls
Houses around the world
Germany
Toy Museum, Sonneberg
Deutsches
Spielzeugmuseum Sonneberg
(Sonneberg German Toy Museum)
Date founded: 1901
Beethovenstraße 10
D-96515 Sonneberg/Thüringen
Telephone: +49 (3675) 702 856
Telefax: +49 (3675) 742 817
E-mail: deutschesspielzeugmuseum@-online.de
In the 19th century southern Thuringia - just like other
toys outstanding cities of Nuremberg, Berchtesgaden,
Oberammergau and the Ore Mountains - developed into one of
the most significant centres of German toy manufacturing. In
the course of the 19th century doll production grew to be
the main element in toy manufacture and in 1840 dolls made
up 70 % of the entire sales in Sonneberg.
Bavarian National Museum, Munich
Germanic National Museum, Kornmarkt 1, Nuremberg
Denmark
Legoland Museum, Copenhague
Spain
ALICANTE
Museo de Jugetes de Castell de Guadalest.
BARCELONA
Museo Romántico Provincial de Sitges. Doll’s Collection
"Lola Anglada"
Museo del juguete de Figueras.
MADRID
Museo Mariquita Pérez. Tfno. (91) 588 10 00
Museo de Artes Decorativas de Madrid. Dolls and Dolls Houses
Museum
SALAMANCA
Museo Art Nouveau y Art Decó de la Casa Lis. Fundación
Manuel Ramos Andrade.
Gibraltar, 14. 37008
USA United States Doll Museums
ARIZONA
Christine's Doll Museum, 4940 East Speedway, Tucson AZ 85712
ARKANSAS
Gay 90's Button & Doll Museum, Route 1, Box 78, Eureka Springs, AR 72632
Geuther's Doll Museum, 188 North Main Street, Eureka Springs, AR 72632
CALIFORNIA
Anita's Doll Museum & Boutique, 6737 Vesper Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91405
Cupid's Bow Doll Museum, 958 Cambridge Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Helen Moe Antique Doll Museum, Hollywood 101 and Wellsona Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446
COLORADO
Cameron's Doll & Carriage Museum, 218 Becker's Lana, Manitou Springs, CO 80829
CONNECTICUT
1840 Doll House Museum, 196 Whitfield, Guilford, CT 06437
Memory Lane Doll & Toy Museum, Old Mystic Village, Mystic, CT 06355
DAKOTA DEL SUR
Enchanted World Doll Museum, Sioux Falls
Camp McKensie Doll Museum, Mudo, SD 57559
FLORIDA
Dolls in Wonderland, 9 King Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084
Homosassa Doll Museum, Route 5, Box 145, Homosassa, FL 32646
Museum ofCollectable Dolls, 1117 South Florida Avenue, Lakeland, FL 33083
FILADELFIA
Jonaires Doll & Toy Museum, Route 4, Box 4476, Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Mary Merritt Doll Museum, Route 2, Douglassville, PA 19518
GEORDIA
Madame Alexander’s Doll Museum, 711 south 3rd Avenue,
Chastworth, GA 30705
Museum of Antique Doll, 505 East President Street, Savannah, GA 31401
Toy Museum of Atlanta, 2800 Peachtree Road, Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30305
ILLINOIS
Lolly’s Doll & Toy Museum, 225 Magazine Street, Galena, IL 61036
Time Was Village Museum, Route 51, Mendota, IL 61342
University Historical Museum, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761
INDIANA
Poor Doll’s Shop Museum, RR2, Box 58, IN 46567
Children’s Museum, 3000 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46206
IOWA
Doll Museum & Trading Post, Highway 30, Legrand, IA 50142
KANSAS
Thomas County Museum, 1525 West 4th Street, Colby, KS67701
KENTUCKY
Essie’s Doll Museum, Route 16, Beach Bend Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101
LOUSIANA
Doll Cabinet & Museum, Star Route, Box 221, Ferriday, LA 71334
MASSACHUSETTS
Children’s Museum, 300 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
Fairbanks Doll Museum, Hall Road, Sturbridge
Fairheaven Doll Museum, 384 Alden Road, Fairheaven , MA 02719
Wenham Historical Museum, 132 Main Street, Wenham, MA 01984
Yesteryears Doll Museum, Main & Driven Streets, Sandwich, MA 02563
MICHIGAN
Alfred P. Sloan Museum, 1121 East Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48503
Children’s Museum, 67 East Kirby, Detroit, MI 48202
Gerwecks Doll Museum, 6299 Dixon Road, Monroe, MI 48161
MISSISSIPPI
Cotonlandia Museum, PO Box 1635, Greenwood, MS 38930
MISSOURI
Society of Memories Doll Museum, 813 North 2nd Street, St. Joseph, MO 64502
NUEVA JERSEY
Doll Castle Doll Museum, 37 Belvedere Avenue, Washington, NJ 17882
Dolls Den & Museum, 406 River Avenue, Point Pleasant, Beach, NJ 08742
Good Fairy Doll Museum, 205 Walnut Avenue, Cranford, NJ 07016
Space Farms Zoo & Museum, RFD 6, Box 135, Sussex, NJ 07460
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