Sergiev Posad Toy Museum

1. Sergiev Posad Toy Museum

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Sergiev Posad is called «The Capital of The
Toy Kingdom». In the museum you can see
more than 150,000 works of art from
Russia, the West, the East, and America.

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Matryoshka is the most famous toy of
Sergiev Posad. It appeared more than 100
years ago and became a national souvenir.
The name of this wooden doll comes from
the women’s name Matryona.

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In the halls of Russian Toys there are
about 800 exhibits of 11th-21st centuries.
These are mainly works of folk artists
from different areas of Russia. They are
made of clay, wood, paper-mache and
textile.

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The museum is open from Wednesday to
Sunday from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m.

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There is a children’s playroom and space
for toy master-classes here. Every
Saturday and Sunday visitors can go to
different master-classes. You can paint
wooden toys and take them home as a
souvenir. Every Sunday you can watch a
performance of the Puppet Theatre here.