Shanghaiist: The Museum of Shanghai Toys

Museum of Shanghai Toys

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:25:19 +0800

Hi! Dan and Tsu How are you? I am Marvin Chan, the director of Museum of Shanghai Toys which located at 83 Rowell Road. MoST was opened in Nov 2005, it is not only the 1st Toy Museum in Singapore, but also the 1st toy museum in the world which only exhibits old China made toys dated from 1910s to 1980s. If you asked me what's the difference between MoST and MINT. My answer is: MINT is a 5 star restaurant which you can enjoy international buffet and MoST is a traditional Chinese restaurant. (MINT exhibits international and rare toys at its 5 storey building) At this moment, MoST has a major exhibition in HK until 6 May next month. If anyone of you needs the article about the exhibition, please let me know and I will mail it to him/her. I think that's a proud of Singaporeans or as a Chinese. Thank You. Marvin

Tsu

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:23:26 +0800

haha, i'm not sure myself! i guess its because singapore is now putting more emphasis on the Arts, which was very much neglected during the era of "Academics comes first". thats what i think, my two cents worth!

Dan

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:30:43 +0800

@ Tsu That appears to be a different museum than was mention in the IHT story. Some of the Flickr pics were taken last May, so the museum has been around at least that long. But, really, what's up with Singapore and tin toy museums?

Tim B

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:17:33 +0800

I love uncommon museums like these. This is my all time favourite... http://www.speedysnail.com/textuary/giant_worm.html

Tsu Ern

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:15:17 +0800

Hi! i'm a singaporean here to give u more info. The Museum of Toys opened early part of this month by one of Singapore's ministers, BG. George Yeo (ephraim.blogspot.com) the official website for the museum is actually www.emint.com