Brighton Toy & Model Museum

If you love old cars and toys then you must come here. If you don’t, then avoid at all costs. My friends had to drag me in because I refused to spend 4.5 gbp (almost $ 7 usd!) … well, they succeeded, and I still had to fork over the admission fees.
It is a very small museum. You can easily walk around this facility in less than a minute. I can’t even comprehend the fact that my friends spent hours here. I don’t– I can’t– no. just no.
Truth be told, this is a boring place if you are not into old cars and toys. I mean, the money spent here could have bought me some food, right?

i whent hear with my boyfriend it was cheap to get in 4pound per adult this place is small but it has clasic toys aplenty on show from stiffe bears to toy trains it only took us bout 20min to walk around this place. the toys are well presented and the staff where friendly and happy to help but the bad point is that even though it has disabled toilets there are stairs leading up in to the museum so some one in a wheelchair would not be able to gain access to the museum. this place is a hidden gem.

For toy enthusiasts and the inner child in people everywhere, Brighton Toy and Model Museum will give you the kind of nostalgic pangs reserved for the more twee experiences. As the admission fee is a mere £4 you can’t argue with the value, however, it’s quite small and I could imagine that the indifferent would get bored rather quickly. I on the other hand think it’s a really interesting look back at how entertainment has evolved. If you think of today’s extensive home entertainment market it’s comical to see such old-​fashioned wooden things and imagine kids being enthralled by them. Whatever your take on it I reckon this place is definitely worth a visit, especially if you have kids.

Brighton isn’t great when it comes to museums — there’re plenty of odd open artist’s houses cropping up, not to mention gazillions of random festivals, but very little in terms of art galleries or museums. In fact, there’s really only the Hove Museum & Art Gallery, the Pavillion one, and the random Booth Museum that I can think of! I know Brighton is small, but I’d have thought with its vibrant history, and the constant flow of tourism it could really do with some more cultural offerings! All that said, the centrally located Brighton Toy and Model museum does help to make up for this — offering a fantastic selection of trains, cars, toys, games, toys and models from the last 100 years. Although this may be a specialist interest, the wonderful array of toys from the past can’t help but fascinate anyone, and a lot of care has obviously gone into getting it all together — well worth a visit! Oh, and it’s free entry too!

In a world of digital media, wireless technology and online gaming it seems almost unbelievable that such simple things as spinning tops and wooden puppets used to keep kids entertained. Walking through the Brighton Toy and Model Museum makes you ask many questions. Like observing the evidence of our society’s evolution it makes you wonder whether life really was better back in the «good ol’ days» before technology was so advanced.
For fans of model railways, toy cars and other vintage play things this place has to be one your itinerary. If you’re like me and used to spend hours playing with toy soldiers there are many charming installations that’ll get you feeling all nostalgic and the admission fee of £4 is a fair price, especially if you’re an enthusiast.

The location of this museum couldn’t be more appropriate… as you enter the little door way from under the the railway bridge, you feel as if you’ve opened a children’s toy chest and walked right in!
Whether toys are your thing or not, you won’t be able to resist a pang of nostalgia as you look back at a hundred years of toy-​making history. If you’re too young to get excited by memories of toy train sets and wooden puppets, this is probably a perfect place to take your parents! And even if you don’t remember the toys on display yourself, some of them are just plain amazing to look at– toy theatres and old-​fashioned arcade games are among my favourite items on display. I’m no toy fanatic, but I like this place… it’s really interesting to see how toy-​making practices have evolved over the years.
The central location and smaller size of the museum makes it a great place to pop into for a mini history lesson, when you’ve got a spare 10 minutes or an idle afternoon of wandering the Lanes. It also means you wont get museum fatigue!

Out of nowhere I found myself at this place. It can be hard to find but if you come out of the train station and head downhill on Trafalgar street you will find it.
I was with my (then) girlfriend and her dad and he was curious so we went in. It’s not my bag but if you are into toy figurines and model trains and whatnot than this will interest you. There is no charge and it’s small so you can get in and out quickly.

Tucked away in one of the arches under Brighton’s splendid Victorian railway station is this small, but perfectly formed, museum, housing the UK’s foremost collection of toys and models.
Centrepiece of the more than 10,000 items in its catalogue is a rare ‘O’ guage model railway layout, which runs at selected times (see web-​site). But there are also substantial displays of puppets, dolls, tin-​plate boats and buses, and dioramas of toy farms and military re-​enactments. Many of the items are very rare, and the museum acts as a centre of expertise on such toys for the likes of Christie’s auctioneers.
The museum has a substantial education programme for children, and hosts visits by schools as well as individuals and families. As you’d expect, it’s an excellent place to bring children, and the museum’s web-​site focuses very much on their needs. There’s also a small shop to provide temptation afterwards! The museum also lays on events from time to time — see web-​site for details.
The museum can be a little difficult to find: emerging from the station, leave the entrance portico on the right hand side (by Marks & Spencer’s), and Trafalgar Street is the road which descends steeply under the station’s forecourt — the museum is actually underneath. Public transport (train and bus) is excellent, but car parking is a bit more tricky: however, there’s an NCP car park a few blocks away.