Newest and oldest toys exhibited at National Museum of History

More than 300 toys, bells, bears and soldiers delighted the visitors of the exhibition “In the Toys' World” staged at the National Museum of History of Moldova, Info-Prim Neo reports. The exhibit brought together over 15 toy makers and collectors. The organizer of the event Lucia Marinescu said the most representative exhibit is a doll made in France in 1860. The exhibits also include dolls made in Germany in 1900. “There are toys made from celluloid, which is a fragile material. The prehistorical toys hold special interest. The most valuable one is a bell dating from the fourth millennium before Christ,” said Lucia Marinescu. Among the exhibits are anthropomorphic figurines dating back to the fourth-third century before Christ, which were offered by the Museum of Antiquities of the State University of Moldova, zoomorphic figurines and miniature objects from the ninth-tenth centuries given by the National Museum of Archeology and History. The doll Cleopatra is among the newest toys. Collector Iurie Caminski, who brought glass, clay and porcelain bells to the exhibition, said it is for the first time that he has taken part in such an event intended for children. “I started to collect things in childhood. I began with stamps, coins, old objects, medals and icons,” said Caminski, who has a collection of over 400 bells, including one dating from the third century. Natalia Cangea has knitted toys and souvenirs for over ten years. She exhibited 50 toys-symbols that are said to be guarding the house. She distributed them to children. Another collector, Tatiana Suhoparenco said that she started to collect teddy bears when she lived in Moscow. Now her collection contains over 1,000 bears. The oldest is from 1940. The exhibition is a novelty in Moldova. It will continue until the end of the month.