Shelburne Museum Toy Shop, 08/18/2013: trains!!!!!

We attended the Shelburne Museum's opening ceremonies for the new Pizzagalli Educational Center today. Taking advantage of the free admission [!!], we also hit the Toy Shop, where Janna admired the Radio Flyer layout. Though behind glass, the layout has buttons at kid level that start and stop the two trains and allow visitors to control sound effects as well.

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Shelburne Museum Variety Unit, 08/18/2013: dolls!!!!!!

While Janna took a nap in the shade after playing with the trains in the Toy Shop, I ventured into the Variety Unit, where the museum stuffs all its small collections that don't really fit anywhere else. I avoided that which did not interest me and made a beeline for the dolls.

I could have spent all day in there, trying to get good shots of the diversity of small populations. However, I photoed selectively, trying to achieve focused, detailed pictures of the ones I thought most intriguing. I came out about 40 minutes later with ~150 photos, which I whittled down to the results below.


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