The Strong Museum: Home to International Center for the History of Electronic Games, the National Toy Hall of Fame, the World Video Game Hall of Fame

Toy Company Collections

A significant number of toys in The Strong’s collections are organized according to manufacturers because of the history of those particular companies and their association with particular types of toys. All the types of toys represented here are also represented in other ways under the heading Toy Collections.

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Arcade Manufacturing Company Collection

Airplanes

Alphabet and Building Blocks

Cast-Iron Vehicles Giant Perplexus

Construction Sets

Dollhouse Furnishings, Miniatures, and Miniature Rooms

Dollhouses

Mechanical and Still Banks

Mechanical Toys

Star Wars Action Figure Collection

Teddy Bears

Trains

Yo-Yos

Toy Company Collections

Arcade Manufacturing Company Collection

Fisher-Price Collection

GUND, Inc. Collection of Toys, 1920s–1970s

Louis Marx Collection

Arto Monaco Collection, 1945–1995

Playskool Toddler Collection

Ty Beanie Baby Collection

Doll Collections

This expansive assemblage of nearly 15,000 items ranges from paper dolls to collector dolls. It includes rarities such as Thomas Edison’s Talking Doll (1890) and numerous Bru and Jumeau dolls; many other elegant examples of 19th-century French and German dolls; and thousands of other popular and fashion dolls from the early 20th century to the present.

Kaleidoscope mirrors

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