Il Museo Veneto del Giocattolo was founded in 2006 with the aim of preserving and enhancing the toys present, which constitute the largest collection of toys in Veneto, with priceless unique pieces tracing the history of the toy from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. The Collection includes various types of toys, such as cars, trains, ships, airplanes, soldiers, dolls, and fantasy games, produced in Italy and abroad from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. The itinerary is divided into seven sections following the categorization by the type to which the objects belong, plus a section dedicated to the production of the famous toy manufacturing company from Padua, Ingap.
The Museum’s collection was born and continues to grow thanks to the generosity and passion of some collectors. Central to the development of this mission is not only the recovery of memory and the specificity of the past through the preservation of goods of historical and artistic interest, but above all the attention to the active interaction of the child with the toy, in order to stimulate creativity and develop interpersonal relationships through play.
The toys preserved and displayed in the spacious rooms of the Museum represent an important artistic and artisanal testimony, but above all play a fundamental role in enhancing the dimension of memory and relationality within the intergenerational dimension.
For this reason, it was decided to place the Museum within the “Civitas Vitae” complex, which covers an area of 12 hectares, a Multifunctional Center of the Fondazione Opera Immacolata Concezione where the pillars of the culture of active longevity are found. In this context, a group of people from the Agorà Association, Third Age Protagonist Workshop, duly trained, collaborate with the Museum to integrate the relational dimension with that of memory starting from a creative memory stimulated by the toy. The contribution of the elderly, the “Grandparents of the Heart,” is to transmit a memory that preserves past experience and returns it to future generations, enriched with meanings and sense, as it is constitutive of an individual and collective identity. Visiting the Museum, one can appreciate the beauty of the toy from the past through the stories of the “Grandparents of the Heart”; the toy thus becomes a bridge between generations.
The Museo Veneto del Giocattolo organizes guided tours for organized groups and local schools and intergenerational workshops with the support of the “Grandparents of the Heart.”
It periodically organizes events in collaboration with the territory; it has a partnership with the Museo di Rovereto.
Information about Museo Veneto del Giocattolo – non-profit organization
Via Toblino, 51
35142 Padua (Padua)
0498281111
Source: MIBACT
