The Toys Museum which is the present of poet and novelist Sunay Akin to Istanbul has been opened in 2005. In the museum where the oldest toy is 300 years old, it is possible to find a toy which draws interest of all ages, refreshes their memories and evokes their imagination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The interior decoration of the museum opened by Akin via transforming her 3-storey family heirloom mansion in Goztepe has been made by stage designer Ayhan Dogan. The toys bought by Akin from toy collectors, auctions and antique dealers in different countries since 1990 give important hints about the culture and life style of the period they belong to. They decorate the showcase of the toys museum in many different themes from space travel to undersea adventures.

You may arrive the toys museum located in Goztepe in the Anatolian Side via getting off at the Yenisahra station of Kadikoy-Kartal metro or various buses starting from Kadikoy.