Plan your next vacation to include a visit to a play-related store, museum, or private collection.
The Apple Valley Model Railroad Club oversees a free museum of artifacts and detailed miniature scenes. The attraction is located inside the historic 1902 Railroad Depot in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
The Hastings Museum preserves Nebraska’s natural and cultural history, including that of the state’s official soft drink, Kool-Aid.
The Discovery Children’s Museum puts youth at the center of exploration and play through interactive exhibits and hands-on learning opportunities.
Henager’s Memories and Nostalgia Museum is home to thousands of objects representing American and pop-culture history.
More than one million hand-made marbles of all colours and sizes are the centrepiece at Lee’s Legendary Marbles & Collectibles.
The Glazer Children’s Museum is a not-for-profit organization established to promote imaginative play and discovery among children.
The Gilmore Car Museum is North America’s largest automotive museum with 190,000 square feet of exhibit space, a portion of which is devoted to classic tin vehicles and vintage pedal cars.
The Shelburne Museum preserves American history, art, and design, including objects of play.
Fans of the Sanrio’s Hello Kitty can visit a site dedicated to the iconic fictional character created by Yuko Shimizu.
The virtual Fisher-Price Toy Museum is an online retrospective of the legendary toymaker’s objects of play.
Visitors and residents of New York City can visit Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends at Hundred Acre Wood in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. The Adventures of the Real Winnie-the-Pooh is a permanent exhibit at the New York Public Library.
The National Toy Train Museum in Strasburg, Pennsylvania preserves model train history and promotes the collecting of model trains and railways.
Lee’s Legendary Marbles & Collectables roadside attraction showcases the personal marble collection of Lee Batterton.
Located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, Wonderville is an event space and arcade featuring independently produced arcade games.
Located in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, ZAGREB 80’s Museum looks back at life in 1980s Yugoslavia through popular objects of the times.
Maison d’Ailleurs – translated to House of Elsewhere – in the town of Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland is renowned for its collection of science fiction-related literature, illustrations, and media.
The American Museum of Magic in Marshall, Michigan, houses the largest publicly accessible collection of magic-related objects and history in the United States.
Located in the heart of Saint Louis, Missouri, the World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) “celebrates one of the world’s oldest and best-loved games” through a combination of rotating exhibitions, special projects, and public programming.