The American Toy Marble Museum

Most of the below jugs pots boots and other miniature items might be difficult to recognize as toys today but childhood has changed remarkably in the past 120 years in part due to the mass production of children s products including toys.

The american toy marble museum.

A brief history of the. In the mid 1890s. Toy marbles have been around for thousands of years. This is the facebook site of the american toy marble museum in akron ohio.

American toy marble museum. The first five and last eight marbles are made of common clay making them known as commies also found on the former site of the american marble and. Oh and the blue santa found in an archeological dig on the site. American toy marble museum.

American toy marble museum lock 3 park downtown akron ohio home museum info tourney history research history marble terms photo gallery arts games online games contact. Mission the american toy marble museum preserves and disseminates through multimedia exhibitions and displays the history of the american toy industry in the city where it all started. However until recently they were very expensive to produce because they were created by hand. It also covers hobo culture and the goodyear blimp factory hangar.

It was manufactured on the site by the american marble toy manufacturing co. The machine production of marbles was apparently invented in akron. It is a partner in akron after school and is working closely with the akron history exhibit the summit county historical society the university of akron archives the akron summit county public library special collections division the lighter than air society and akron s christkindle market. The american toy marble museum is a small history museum that focuses on marbles.

Museum dedicated to the invention and history of marbles. Dyke ignited the modern toy industry when he automated his factory in 1884. America s oldest figurine of a santa the original blue santa pictured here was found at lock 3 park in akron ohio during an archeological dig by the american toy marble museum. Birth of the modern american toy industry.