Opening Weekend: TOYTOPIA!

JV
Julianna Verboort
Thu, Feb 15, 2018 8:14 PM

Opening Friday, February 16 at the History Museum, 1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma
The internationally touring exhibition, TOYTOPIA

www.WashingtonHistory.orghttp://www.WashingtonHistory.org

AND, we're open Monday, Feb. 19, President's Day!!

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What was your favorite childhood toy? A jump rope, a board game, or Space Invaders? An Easy Bake Oven, Star Wars collectibles, or a Slinky? You're sure to find your favorites from the past and today in the nationally touring, blockbuster exhibition TOYTOPIAhttp://www.washingtonhistory.org/visit/wshm/exhibits/toytopia/, opening February 16 at the Washington State Historyhttp://www.washingtonhistory.org/ Museum and running through June 10, 2018.

This exhibition is huge, and presents toys from miniature to giant-sized. Take your photo next to a human-scale Monopoly car, walk through a life-size doll house (complete with miniature dollhouses and sound effects), step into an arcade with working games, and see the world's largest Etch A Sketch, among other highlights:

  •     Retro Arcade area with working games to play (game play is included in admission price)
    
  •     World's largest Etch A Sketch, close to 8' tall
    
  •     A life-size Doll House filled with smaller dollhouses
    
  •     A human-scale Monopoly car and game board
    
  •     Memorable toys from the movie Big: a giant piano keyboard like the one star Tom Hanks played on, and Zoltar Speaks, the carnival arcade fortune teller machine
    
  •     LEGO(r) train layout
    
  •     A signature Jack in The Box exploring the science of toys, from Furby(r) to radiometers
    
  •     Historic Schylling Tin Toys - see how toys are created out of simple sheets of tin
    
  •     Numerous interactive play areas with Keva Planks, Lincoln Logs, LEGOs(r), Potato Heads, puzzlers, brain teasers and more!
    

Washington State Historical Society
1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402
Visit us at WashingtonHistory.orghttp://www.washingtonhistory.org/
Become a memberhttp://www.washingtonhistory.org/support/membership/!

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Opening Friday, February 16 at the History Museum, 1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma The internationally touring exhibition, TOYTOPIA www.WashingtonHistory.org<http://www.WashingtonHistory.org> AND, we're open Monday, Feb. 19, President's Day!! [cid:image011.jpg@01D3A656.9392B520] What was your favorite childhood toy? A jump rope, a board game, or Space Invaders? An Easy Bake Oven, Star Wars collectibles, or a Slinky? You're sure to find your favorites from the past and today in the nationally touring, blockbuster exhibition TOYTOPIA<http://www.washingtonhistory.org/visit/wshm/exhibits/toytopia/>, opening February 16 at the Washington State History<http://www.washingtonhistory.org/> Museum and running through June 10, 2018. This exhibition is huge, and presents toys from miniature to giant-sized. Take your photo next to a human-scale Monopoly car, walk through a life-size doll house (complete with miniature dollhouses and sound effects), step into an arcade with working games, and see the world's largest Etch A Sketch, among other highlights: * Retro Arcade area with working games to play (game play is included in admission price) * World's largest Etch A Sketch, close to 8' tall * A life-size Doll House filled with smaller dollhouses * A human-scale Monopoly car and game board * Memorable toys from the movie Big: a giant piano keyboard like the one star Tom Hanks played on, and Zoltar Speaks, the carnival arcade fortune teller machine * LEGO(r) train layout * A signature Jack in The Box exploring the science of toys, from Furby(r) to radiometers * Historic Schylling Tin Toys - see how toys are created out of simple sheets of tin * Numerous interactive play areas with Keva Planks, Lincoln Logs, LEGOs(r), Potato Heads, puzzlers, brain teasers and more! Washington State Historical Society 1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402 Visit us at WashingtonHistory.org<http://www.washingtonhistory.org/> Become a member<http://www.washingtonhistory.org/support/membership/>! [cid:image001.png@01D2A2FC.A0C30780]<https://www.facebook.com/washingtonhistory/> [cid:image002.png@01D2A2FC.A0C30780] <https://twitter.com/HistoryMuseum> [cid:image003.png@01D2A2FC.A0C30780] <https://www.instagram.com/washingtonhistory/> [cid:image004.png@01D2A2FC.A0C30780] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZRXAl-JqixtE7toeX4BTrg>