Toy Worlds Museum Basel

Delightful museum with a few very kind and friendly staff. Four floors, with SO much to see on each, with many intricate miniatures and doll’s houses mainly from the 1800s onwards. A great variety of dolls and plush teddy bears too, carefully and imaginatively arranged in large glass cases. More curious esoteric models on Floor 1, including a torture chamber…! For smaller folk there are fairly large play areas of Duplo, a very generous amount of Lego and Lego Technic on Floor 3. Tickets come with a free interactive tablet guide with strap to make it easier to carry. Visitors scan a QR code at various points and an entertaining VR animation appears with historical info on the piece, likely to be of interest to slightly older children. An overall thoughtfully presented museum. Benches dotted around each section, and the environment is very clean. Could have spent more than the two hours I had there quite easily. Note: The main shop at entrance is very small, and only sells a handful of miniatures. Plushes are also very modern, and not reminiscent of the styles in the museum. Second section tucked away had a minimum spend of 10 CHF (if I recall correctly) when paying by card, so remember to bring cash for postcards and small items.

This museum exceeded my expectations. There are thousands of toys from different eras, and each floor follows a different theme. With the BaselCard, the ticket price drops by half, which is great. At the entrance they give you a tablet; you can scan the QR codes throughout the museum to read detailed stories and explanations. It was informative, nostalgic, and overall a wonderful experience.

This is as good as it comes!! Price was low I pads are provided that can be connected to explanations of several points through out the displays were very well done. Several geographic points of origin were included. Gift shop has real collectible inventory, not junk. Staff was extremely helpful. Organization was superior and displays were excellent.

We’ve got the Basel card which gave us 50% discount on adult tickets. Kids under 12yo - free admission. My son was given a tablet which gives an interactive child friendly explanation of the toy history etc. Clean washrooms, good floor layout, interactive areas - even for grownups. I enjoyed the lego animation. :) Overall, well worth your time and money.

A nice museum on 3 floors. almost in the center. With the Basel ticket, there is an even cheaper entrance fee (4 francs). Very interesting, if you have never been to a toy museum, it is worth it.

The Museum has 4 interactive floors of marvelous vintage toys on display. When you receive your ticket, you will also receive a tablet to scan bar codes at several displays. The interactive journey can be in several languages, though after a while, you may be more interested in examining the impressive detail of the display. They also have free lockers for you to lock up your bags. The Museum can be missed if you dont speak German but Google maps stirred me to the right direction.

This is an incredible museum with thousands of historical toys, especially Teddy bears, well worth to visit. The exhibition is displayed over several floors and it takes at least one hour to visit the museum. The free tablet that is given at the entrance is mainly aimed at children with interactive stories and characters from the exhibit talking. It got pretty noisy and crowded as we were visiting on a holiday plus there was an activity lab for children blocking part of the floor. Being interested in the historical part, we would have appreciated more background information about the history of the toys, the toy firms and even some of the items that were on display with more info to read on the windows, an audio guide or a pamphlet.

Full of toys , heaven for children ! Open from tuesday to sunday. Worth a visit

If you love old toys, this is the museum for you. This is a privately owned museum with four full floors of toys that can be several hundred years old. The old teddy bears, dolls and doll houses were my favorite. The building is beautifully kept, easy to navigate and has a clean restroom on every floor. The staff was very pleasant and entry was free with Basel travel card given to me at the hotel. My wife and I really enjoyed this tour and it was like stepping back in time.

We were in Basel for a day and stopped to check this museum out. So glad we did - it was four floors of awesome old toys. Some reviews have called the displays cluttered - I found them to be wonderfully detailed with everything possible you can imagine in terms of Steiff - miniatures - dollhouse displays - and not just your traditional dollhouses - the mechanical toys - Ferris wheels and roller coasters were fab! There was a special showing focused on Plush - Play and Pioneers Women in Toy Design - which was interesting - I only wish there had been more of that information made available for things we were seeing. Definitely worth an hour or more - it's not necessarily a kids museum.

This is a toy museum not to be missed! It's a treasure trove of many genres of toys, stuffed animals (mostly bears), and the most amazing are the miniatures and the functional moving toys, such as a full carnival. It's truly amazing. We started at the top and made our way downwards. The top floor is filled with bears, bears, and more bears. Older bears are almost freaky but very cool. It's followed by several floors of miniatures, including an entire village that wrap around several walls. The functional mechanical toys have a button that you can press to activate. Very, very fun to watch. They also had a special exhibit going on about corsets. Not sure why the subject, but very well displayed nonetheless. They don't allow a standalone camera but mobile phone cameras are ok. My photos are only a tiny portion of their collection. Go check them out! This museum is right in old town, very easy to find.

Although everything is pretty much shut down on Sundays in Basel, the museums are still open. Puppenhausmuseum, located at Barfüsserplatz, has the world's largest collection of old teddy bears, dolls, doll houses, and toy shops on four floors. The displays are cluttered and can be a bit overwhelming, but the miniatures are quite impressive. We liked the animated carnival pieces, and there is currently a cool exhibition of eye wear too. Adult admission was CHF 7 and children up 16 are free with a paid adult or otherwise CHF 5. There are two sizes of colorful plastic step stools available for children on each floor also.