How Many Toys Can You Find?

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How many toys can you find?

FREE ENTRY liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Global City, Ground floor

Can you find the Meccano case? Meccano is a popular toy for building things. It was invented in Liverpool by Frank Hornby in 1901. What do you think this Meccano is made from? Circle the right word. metal plastic wood cloth cheese

Download a high resolution version of this image here Meccano plane © National Museums Liverpool The Great Port, Ground floor

Find the Trade Goods wall. Can you find the trains? These are Hornby Trains and they were made in Liverpool and played with all over the world.

Can you find the 5 places where Hornby trains were played with? Yes No

Download a high resolution version of this image here Hornby trains © National Museums Liverpool History Detectives, First floor

Can you find the Toys Timeline? Look carefully at the end of the Timeline to find our toys. They are just above the floor.

Which of these toys is ‘old’ and which is ‘new’?

Download high resolution versions of these images here Which toy Cement mixer © National Museums Liverpool Tin plate car © National Museums Liverpool do you think is the most interesting in the Toys Timeline? When is it from?

Draw it here. Wondrous Place, Second floor

Find the Puppet Theatre! Codmans were a famous family of Liverpool puppeteers.

How many puppets are there?

Someone would have to hide in the theatre to The puppet in red is Mr Punch. move the puppets. The lady puppet is Judy. Draw an arrow to where you think they might Which hide. animal can you see with Punch and Judy? Circle the right one. dog crocodile cat rabbit chicken

In the puppet show, the crocodile likes to steal Mr Punch’s favourite food: Download a high resolution version of this image here sausages. Punch and Judy © National Museums Liverpool The People’s Republic, Second floor

Find Blackie the Rocking Horse. Blackie used to stand in a Liverpool shop called Blacklers and lots of children played on him. Saddle

Can you draw lines from the words to the right parts of Blackie the Reins Rocking Horse?

Head Legs

Find the Dolls House. There is furniture for a rich house, and furniture for a poor house. In Victorian Liverpool there were very rich people and very poor people who lived right next to each other.

Poor people’s furniture Can you draw one of the pieces of furniture in the correct box?

Rich people’s furniture What was your favourite toy in the museum today? Draw it here.