Il Museo Veneto del Giocattolo was founded in 2006 with the aim of preserving and enhancing the toys present, which are the largest collection of toys in Veneto, with priceless unique pieces that trace the history of toys from the late nineteenth century to the seventies of the twentieth century. The Collection includes different types of toys, including cars, trains, ships, airplanes, soldiers, dolls, and fantasy games, produced in Italy and abroad from the late nineteenth century to the seventies of the twentieth century. The route is divided into seven sections that follow the division by type to which the objects belong, plus a section dedicated to the production of the famous Padua-based toy manufacturing company 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 conservation 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 exhibited in the large halls of the Museum represent an important artistic and artisanal testimony, but above all they play a fundamental role in enhancing the dimension of memory and relationality in the dimension of intergenerationality.
For this reason, the Museum was placed within the “Civitas Vitae” complex, which occupies an area of 12 hectares, a multifunctional center of the Fondazione Opera Immacolata Concezione where the cornerstones of the culture of active longevity are found. In this context, a group of people from the Agorà Association, Third Age Protagonist Laboratory, specially trained, collaborate with the Museum in order to integrate the dimension of relationship with that of memory starting from a creative memory stimulated by the toy. The contribution of the elderly people, 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 constitutes an individual and collective identity. By visiting the Museum, you can appreciate the beauty of the old toy through the narration 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.”
Periodically, it organizes events in collaboration with the territory; it has a partnership with the Museum of Rovereto.
Information about Museo Veneto del Giocattolo – onlus
Via Toblino, 51
35142 Padova (Padova)
0498281111
Source: MIBACT
