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Toytown

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Toy Town

2024-25 exhibition in the Robert and Mary Ann Bury Community Gallery

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November 9, 2024 - January 5, 2025

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This delightful exhibition takes visitors on a nostalgic trip down memory lane featuring the toys they loved as children – no matter what era that may have been! With hundreds of vintage toys from the 1800s through the 1990s from the Detroit Historical Society collection all on display for a limited time, this exhibit is designed to be full of fun for the whole family and not to be missed!

Toy Town will be on display at the Detroit Historical Museum for the holiday season, from November 9, 2024 through January 5, 2025. 

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