Introduction Regarding Museums: (1)

Introduction of Museums:

This museum is nothing but the older articles kept in a room and it will be displayed to all over the peoples for it. To know the usage and helpfullness of this older articles. Some museums, they will have many kind of pictures which is drawn by the main peoples of artists. it will be also kept in the museum in front of the peoples.

This national award winning museum exhibits a wide selection of mainly British toys from c1900 to the present. It is housed in adjoining carefully restored late 18th Century buildings, one a former hat factory and the other a joiner's workshop. The museum is situated in what is probably the best preserved court in the area, its entrance is in Market Place. Cockermouth Castle overlooks the museum.

The entrance to the museum is arranged as the interior of an old toy shop sometime around the mid 1950's. Set off following the Teddy Bear paw prints and look into the packed toy shop windows full of train sets, dolls, games...... in fact, all the things we really wanted but seldom received!


Around the museum are many buttons to press and visitor operated displays including 0 and 00 Hornby tinplate trains, Scalextric cars, Meccano, Lego and even working models made from card.