Vermont Toy Museum, Quechee, VT

 Last month we visited the Vermont Toy Museum in Quechee, Vermont.  It is located in Quechee Gorge Village, upstairs inside the big antique store.  

This "museum" is a giant display of toys with no admission fee. There is a donation box, so please drop in a few dollars to help with the expenses.  It is a small museum with the displays packed into a small space.  Every bit of real estate is used, even the ceiling (Don't forget to look up!). 

Everyone visiting is guaranteed to find something from their own childhood - dolls, model trains, building and construction toys, action figures, McDonald's freebies, board games, video games, lunch boxes, cereal and Cracker Jack prizes, marbles, Halloween costumes, stuffed animals, and Pez dispensers.   It is a walk down memory lane for all ages.  They even have displays arranged by decades (the 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, etc.) so you can reminisce.  There are about 100,000 toys in this museum.

This quirky little museum would be a great place to bring several generations.  If you are passing through Vermont on nearby Routes 91 or 89 stop by and see the toys.  If you have grandparents or elders with you, the stories you hear when they see the displays will be great oral and family history!

This small space is crammed with displays.
A huge model railroad is located in the middle of it all!

Some vintage Lego construction sets

GI Joe and all his pals

Viewmaster sets from various decades

Did you own a lunch box?  Was it tin, plastic or soft vinyl? Did it display characters
from your favorite cartoon, movie, or TV show? 

The evolution of lunch boxes

I found my childhood lunch box!

Lite-Brite, rock tumblers, Easy Bake Ovens

For the truly curious:

Vermont Toy Museum

5575 Woodstock Road

Quechee, Vermont

(In the Vermont Antique Mall) 

Open daily 10am to 5pm 

For more information email robin@quecheegorge.com 

The Vermont Toy Museum on Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/VermontToyTrainMuseum/  

"Quechee Museum celebrates our playthings", October 17, 2018:   https://www.timesargus.com/news/quechee-museum-celebrates-our-playthings/article_4616b1e7-2c5e-5b2a-9206-88c1ed140e06.html

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To cite/link to this blog post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Vermont Toy Museum, Quechee, VT", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 8, 2022, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2022/07/vermont-toy-museum-quechee-vt.html: accessed [access date]).