The Thunder Bay Museum has an extensive toy collection, many of the toys you will see in this exhibit just touch the surface. By collecting toys of our past, we learn about what children, and families, played with. Some of these toys may look very similar to some of the toys you play with today, while some look completely different.
In this online exhibit you will find photos of the various toys that children and families played with. There is also a section to play some games and test your knowledge by doing a quiz. Teachers will also find and download lessons that connect to toys and the curriculum.
So, what are you waiting for? Go have fun!
Summer:
June 15 - Labour Day
Open Daily 11am - 5pm
Winter:
September 5 to June 14 (excluding Holidays)
Tues - Sun 1pm - 5pm
The Thunder Bay Museum acknowledges the original custodians of this land and pay our respect to the elders – past, present, and future – for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture, and the hopes of Indigenous Peoples. We would also like to recognize that the Thunder Bay Museum is on the traditional land of the Fort William First Nation signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850, and to acknowledge the role of the Métis Settlement in the development of our community.
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