The Old Chapel, Chapel Street, Sidmouth EX10 8ND
In the museum
The museum contains the toy and model collection of Ian and Rebecca Gregory, which has been accumulated over many years.
The centrepiece of the museum is an 00 gauge model railway which provides a showcase for many vintage toys and models which are part of the landscape. The railway includes may iconic model locomotives including The Mallard, Sir Winston Churchill, The Flying Scotsman, the Hogwarts Express and many others.
The collection includes vintage as well as more recent toys: Star Wars, 00 gauge model railway, Corgi and Dinky cars, indoor model village with G gauge model railway, a large collection of Tri-ang tin plate vehicles, pedal cars, cars and models from film and TV, games from the past, dolls and dolls houses, model buildings and much more.
Included in the collection is a model of the Titanic made of 22,000 matchsticks and two Steiff automatons.
Come and see model characters from film and TV: Paddington, Stuart Little, Ginger from Chicken Run, Peter Rabbit, Rupert Bear, Sooty, Winnie the Pooh and others!
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