Vina Cooke Museum of Dolls & Bygone Childhood

My boyfriend, his uncle, three nieces and I came to this museum during a stay in Newark. Tucked away from the main road and stationed next to a church/​cemetery this doll museum is off the beaten path for tourist attractions and is a very creepy and fun alternative to castle hopping.
The doll museum is less of a museum than it is a big house filled to the brim with dolls, collectibles, novelties and dolls made by the owners! When we fist entered, the female owner came to greet us and had lots of information for uncle Martin so us young folk left him and began exploring the rooms of dolls. But not before we all discussed the possibility that the owner was going to skin us alive and turn our carcasses into dolls. Then we carried on and had a surprisingly good time discussing how odd and creepy the dolls were. The three neices were enthralled, they took about 150 pictures of the museum.
After you finish gazing at the ridiculous assortment of dolls and old toys there is a tiny landing at the bottom at which you can purchase handmade dolls. Admission was about three pounds for children and five pounds for adults.
BONUS! If you go behind the museum towards the peacocks there are rotting dollheads speared on tree branches! Party time!