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In 30 years of travel to Europe, we have found many tiny gems of doll museums, some in the most unlikely places.
On this page we will feature our favorites, knowing you may wish to travel there too or simply enjoy a virtual visit through cyberspace.

# 1 - Das Kleine Puppenundspielzeugmuseum, Hagnau, Germany

On the sunny northern shore of the Lake Constance, a little gem of a museum waits to give visitors pleasure and knowledge. Through a lush garden, one sees the colorful welcome sign. As the visitor rings the bell, they are greeted by Fritzi Picasso the tiny dog with the giant personality. Down the stairs you go to be tranpsorted into a magical miniature world.

The collection of Das Kleine Museum (The Little Museum) in Hagnau/Lake Constance is extensive though as the name suggest, space is limited. Because of the space limitations, the owners of the museum decided to rotate their collection by mounting specially themed exhibits over a three year period.

The 2006 exhibit was entitled Home and Hearth - Dear to my Heart. The exhibit focussed on the learning of household skills through toys. Doll kitchens, various shops, laundry and sewing toys from the 19^th and early 20^th centuries were on display.


 

In 2007 the museum opened their doors for the special exhibition "The Way Old Dolls Lived." The exhibit will run from April 8^th to September 30th. Today there are few opportunities to immerse oneself so thoroughly into another era as by studying Puppenstuben or Doll Rooms. The authentically furnished doll room illustrates furniture fashion trends, art and lifestyle For the owners of the museum, Gerda and Erich Rössler, the preservation of these miniature pieces of history has been their ultimate goal. Authentically furnished and decorated dollhouses, puppenstuben and dolls in original condition are an important document of time, even if the delighted museum visitors are not completely aware of this aspect.

The 2007 exposition will feature Puppenstuben in the style of Biedermeier, the Victorian, the Art-Nouveau and the Art-Deco of the twenties to the fifties with a kidney-table and a gum tree. In ths range you will find too the mobile home, a blue roof house and a summer-house by Gottschalk.
The dresses which were in vogue in those days are presented by the antique dolls and the hats by the milliner shops. A speciality might be a doll of papermache, which is wearing the costume of the famous dancer Fanny Elßler in a ballet by Carulli.

Das Kleine Museum is located at Neugartenstr 20, D88709 Hagnau, Germany.
For more information go to the web site: http://www.puppen-und-spielzeugmuseum.de

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