3. Toy Museum of Catalonia

Museums

The Toy Museum of Catalonia was inaugurated in 1982 in the premises of the former Hotel París on Rambla de Figueres. The Museum´s exhibits include over 4.000 items: animated life forms, Meccano constructions, miniature theatre sets, cardboard animals and horses, kitchens, balls, spinning tops, planes, cars, trains, dolls, puppets, magic tricks, games for the blind, disguises, cut-outs, barrel organs, soldiers, robots, steam engines, teddy bears, tricycles, scooters, etc. Many of these items are accompanied by old photographs of children with their toys, helping us to place them chronologically and see how children played with them. Some of the toys belong to personalities such as Anna Maria and Salvador Dalí, Federico García Lorca, Joan Miró, Josep Palau i Fabre, Joan Brossa, Quim Monzó, Frederic Amat, and others. The Museum has a Documentation and Research Centre on games and toys, a Brossa-Frègoli auditorium and an area for open-air activities: the terrace of the Museum. A visit of the collection can be seen in many ways: a nostalgic look back through the games our grandparents played, an observation visit, in which we follow the scientific and technical advances that have at any given time influenced and are still influenced by historical events and artistic movements.

Opening Hours

From March 15 to June 23 and from September 9 to January 6

From Tuesday to Friday: 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Saturdays: 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Sundays and Mondays: closed, as well as January 1, December 25 and 26

Holy Week and Saint John's Day:

Good Friday (03/29): open from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Saturday 03/30 and Sunday 03/31: 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Easter Monday 04/01: closed.

Sunday 06/23: closed.

Monday 06/24: closed.

From June 25 to July 31

Open every day without exception

From Monday to Sunday: 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

From August 1 to September 8

Open every day without exception

From Monday to Sunday: 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Prices:

→ General admission: €8 * On the website, €1 less

→ Reduced admission: €6.50

→ Special discount with Dalí Museum admission: €6

→ Reduced admission for groups: €6 (minimum 10 people)

→ Reduced admission for school groups: €4