Did you know that Hove Museum offers art classes for 8-12 year old kids? It’s a creative way to discover the Museum, getting closer to its works of art and get inspiration from them. Every Saturday morning, from May to July (and … Continued
The Toy collection includes a wide range of dolls, teddy bears, mechanical toys, games, soft toys, soldiers, trains and construction toys. The Wizard’s Attic toy gallery at Hove Museum & Art Gallery contains a vast range of toys dating from 1700s … Continued
John Alden has been volunteering at Hove Museum & Art Gallery for two years. He is researching into the history of the toy collection with particular emphasis on former curator and toy maker Yootha Rose. A toy maker himself, John’s … Continued
My favourite section of Hove Museum & Art Gallery is the children’s toy collection upstairs. Not because of how informative or cute it is but because it’s terrifying. Never mind the stuff in pickle jars in the Booth Museum, if … Continued
Dolls are among the earliest known toys, and have been made from a variety of materials. Most early dolls were made of wood, but by the eighteenth century, wax, china and bisque were commonly used for dolls’ heads and limbs, … Continued
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