Museo La Esquina del Juguete popular Mexicano

What an incredible display of history and talent. The building itself is stunning. The displays are amazing. There are some placards available in English outside the various rooms. The price is $100 pesos Dec 2025. Children and seniors are less. There is a washroom and a lovely gift shop. Also check out the great view from the rooftop. It looked like they once served refreshments but there wasn't any this day. You can get a membership which gives you access to annual events and workshops.

San Miguel de Allwnde should promote even more this precious museum. It is full of well-mantained Mexican toys. The variery is impresive. I spent an hour and a half discovering this place. They show an impressive Mexican toy colection, but the most beautiful thig is that all of them are traditional. They show to all generations how Mexican kids used to make themselves entertained and creative playing all sort of well-made toys. Absolutly worth the visit!!

My husband and I truly enjoyed our visit to this museum. The place is filled with a variety of handmade toys from several types of materials - pure art. Plan to T Take the time to admire the creativity and high level of care this 3-story museum offers!

This museum is wonderful. So many interesting, beautiful and quirky toys!

Very cool museum of Mexican toys representing the different regions and times in Mexico's history. You can see how toys were made using basic materials such as straw, wood and even recycled materials. On the top floor, you can find an exhibition of all the winners of last year's toy making competition and a terrace with an awesome view.

Amazing place to see and visit the culture of the heart of San Miguel! Entrance was 100 pesos ($6 USD) There’s also an amazing rooftop to take pictures!

This is a lovely museum to walk around and would highly recommend to everyone even without children. So many old fashioned, Mexican toys to see. We had young children (1&3 yrs) and they were a little too young to understand they weren’t allowed to touch everything. There is a small area with some toys in to play with, which they loved. Very inexpensive to enter, 40 peso each. Children under 5 free. Fantastic collection.

Very very cute museum and with a lot of stuff. Definitely a recommendation. 5/5 stars

This was a very pleasant surprise. I didn't expect much from the descriptions, but it was way more interesting than I thought it would be. There are multiple floors and rooms, each one with an interesting theme, e.g., miniatures, dolls, masks, etc. I kinda expected some old, broken down toys, but this was really a cultural museum. Definitely worth a visit when in SMdA.

What's not to love about this place? The exhibits are absolutely jaw-dropping. There are separate sections for dolls, mobile toys, puppets, etc. The colors are amazing, and the amount of work that's gone in to curating this selection is evident everywhere you look. The day I went I was blessed with a local school's 4th or 5th grade class enjoying a field trip. To watch the kids' excitement, wonder, and amazement was thrilling to me. Here are a couple of Pro Tips to enhance your enjoyment: 1) There's a nice patio on the roof that affords a terrific view of San Miguel de Allende. There are tables and chairs and awnings so it's a wonderful place to just sit back, catch your breath, and take in the city's beauty. 2) There's a small garden(?) patio(?) fountain area(?) (not sure what to call it here) on the first level. This, too, is a wonderful place to just catch yourself after the stimulation of the museum. 3) The majority of the description placards are in Spanish. (About 20% are English and Spanish both.) But here, Google Lens / Google Translate is your New Best Friend. I leaned heavily on this crutch to both learned a great deal, and to learn a few new Spanish phrases. Finally, I have to recommend the staff: Every single one I encountered seemed to have made it their personal mission that I enjoy everything the museum has to offer.

The toy museum is a charm. Far bigger than one anticipates from the outside, the museum spans numerous floors filled with colorful toys created from a variety of materials, with elegance and joy. I walked first into the gift shop and thought the museum to be a small extension of that. Instead, it dwarfed the gift shop, culminating in an open rooftop which was as delightful as all of the toys themselves. I marveled at the skill required to create such works and wished for an opportunity to see some of the moveable toys in action. Wish granted. On one floor there's a small, darkened space. Step behind a black curtain, music cues, and lights go into action making the toys come to life in a way that causes glee and surprise. I stood to watch it twice more. Mexico has a rich culture of hand constructed toys. A visit here will help you appreciate that. It's quite a feast for the eyes.

Wonderful museum for all ages displaying the history of handmade toys, would only be better if there were reproductions of some of the toys the kids could play with. Lovely little gift shop where our 5 year old chose to spend her savings on toys to bring home.

A quality museum but not exactly a toy museum. Hundreds of dolls (I guess dolls are toys.) Hundreds of carousels. Many hundreds of painted figurines, in many media. If you love art, especially folk art, this is for you. If not, note that there is a nice roof deck for chilling and they have bathrooms.

I loved the Toy Museum. I look forward going back on our next trip. This museum contains more then toys. It contains miniatures, replicas, and memories of years gone by. The gift shop is like a miniature Toy Museum, it contains some of the same items that you can take home. For the fraction of the price elsewhere. My favorite was the wrestling ring and onlookers. You could take a ring home for a few dollars. The view from the roof is spectacular. Live size toys are also located on the roof.

This place is so cute and charming. I've been there three times now.. this last time was the 2nd time I've been there with my daughters.

We loved to take a break from climbing the hills of San Miguel to visit the toy museum. It is such a charming place, filled with a beautiful display of toys from years gone by. I loved how they themed toys together, particularly the life sized Mexican wrestler diorama. It was interesting to see all the beautifully woven toys, and how well all of the old toys had been preserved. The building is gorgeous, and the rooftop has a spectacular view. This would be a great place to watch the sunset. This museum is not expensive at all, and makes for a nice way to spend an hour.

I mean, it's not SUPER exciting (unless you are really into toys) but it's an unusual thing with some unusual handmade toys and it takes maybe half-hour or 45 minutes tops to poke around and it's under $2! What's not to like?

It's a cute little museum with different kinds of old toys. Nothing special. You can take great pictures on the top of the museum! The fee to entered the museum is 50 pesos.