The Toy Museum of Catalonia takes visitors on a journey through the history of the toy industry in Catalonia. Toys from your childhood and from generations ago: puppet theatres, cardboard horses, toy kitchens, balls, dolls, spinning tops, tin toys with rope, planes, cars, trains, tricycles, building sets, teddy bears, the game of the goose, circuses, puppets, robots, and many other much loved companions from the exciting and imaginative moments of childhood play.
The Museum was opened in 1982, and from a collection of more than 15,000 toys and games we find some 4000 exhibits on display, some of which belonged to people like Joan Brossa, Quim Monzó, Ernest Lluch, Salvador Puig Antich, Terenci Moix, and more. You can also visit an exhibition dedicated to the first twenty years of Salvador Dalí's life, featuring his toys, postcards, and photographs from his family album. The exhibition is accompanied by music by Pascal Comelade and Erik Satie.
The Toy Museum of Catalonia has received much acclaim, including the National Popular Culture Award in 1999 and the Creu de Sant Jordi award in 2007.
General admission: €7,00
Concessions: €5,60 for children between 6 and 16 years old, visitors over 65years old and students with proof of ID; €5,00 for groups of at least ten people
Free entry: children under 5
Prices for school groups and other discounts: contact reserves@mjc.cat
From October to May
From Tuesday to Friday: from 10 am to 6.30 pm
Saturday: from 10.30 am to 7.30 pm
Sunday and public holidays: from 10.30 am to 2.30 pm
Closing days: Monday (except for public holidays and eves of public holidays), the 1st of January, the 25th and the 26th of December, and the second fortnight of January and the first fortnight of February.
June, July and Septembre open daily
From Monday to Friday: from 10.30 am to 7 pm
Saturday: from 10.30 am to 8 pm
Sunday: from 10.30 am to 2.30 pm
August open daily
From Tuesday to Friday: from 10 am to 6 pm
Saturdays: from 10 am to 7 pm
Sunday and Monday: closed
Tickets are sold until 30 minutes before closing.