Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys

The Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys is a private, non-profit museum that was housed in the Pearce-McAllister Cottage, a former historic house museum in Denver, Colorado, United States, administered by History Colorado until 2018.[1][2]

Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys
Madame Alexander dolls on display
Established1981
Location1880 Gaylord Street
Denver, Colorado
Coordinates39.7463°N 104.9607°W / 39.7463; -104.9607
TypeToy museum
Websitewww.dmmdt.org
The Pearce-McAllister Cottage, which houses the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys in northeast Denver, Colorado.

The museum was founded in 1981.[3] In 1987, the museum opened at its first location in cooperation with the Colorado Historical Society within the Pearce-McAllister Cottage. The collection of the museum includes more than 20,000 objects dating from 1680 onwards. The Museum will be reopening in a new location in Lakewood, CO in late 2019/early 2020.

See also

References

  1. Pearce-McAllister Cottage, History Colorado, USA.
  2. A new home has been found in Lakewood and plans to reopen to the public in early 2020.The Pearce-McAllister Cottage Archived 2011-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys, USA.
  3. History Archived 2010-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys, USA.


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