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The Istanbul Toy Museum (Turkish: Istanbul Oyuncak Müzesi) is a small museum dedicated to toy
Toy

A toy is an object used in Play . Toys are usually associated with children and pets, but it is not unusual for adult humans and some non-Domesticationated animals to play with toys....
s. The museum is located in the Göztepe
Göztepe

G?ztepe can refer to:*G?ztepe, Istanbul, a district of Istanbul, Turkey*G?ztepe, Izmir, a district of Izmir, Turkey*G?ztepe A.S., a football club in Izmir...
 district of Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
, Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
.

The museum was founded by the Turkish poet and novelist, Sunay Akin
Sunay Akin

Sunay Akin is a Turkish people poet, writer, TV host, and journalist. He is also a philanthropist and is the founder of Istanbul Toy Museum, a showcase of thousands of antique toys from around the world....
, in 2005. The museum opened on April 23, a national holiday in Turkey, National Sovereignty and Children's Day
Children's Day

Children's Day is an event celebrated on various days in many places around the world....
. Currently, the museum has on display 4,000 toys and miniatures, from Turkey and abroad; many of the exhibits are antiques, some of which date back nearly 200 years.






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The Istanbul Toy Museum (Turkish: Istanbul Oyuncak Müzesi) is a small museum dedicated to toy
Toy

A toy is an object used in Play . Toys are usually associated with children and pets, but it is not unusual for adult humans and some non-Domesticationated animals to play with toys....
s. The museum is located in the Göztepe
Göztepe

G?ztepe can refer to:*G?ztepe, Istanbul, a district of Istanbul, Turkey*G?ztepe, Izmir, a district of Izmir, Turkey*G?ztepe A.S., a football club in Izmir...
 district of Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
, Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
.

The museum was founded by the Turkish poet and novelist, Sunay Akin
Sunay Akin

Sunay Akin is a Turkish people poet, writer, TV host, and journalist. He is also a philanthropist and is the founder of Istanbul Toy Museum, a showcase of thousands of antique toys from around the world....
, in 2005. The museum opened on April 23, a national holiday in Turkey, National Sovereignty and Children's Day
Children's Day

Children's Day is an event celebrated on various days in many places around the world....
. Currently, the museum has on display 4,000 toys and miniatures, from Turkey and abroad; many of the exhibits are antiques, some of which date back nearly 200 years. The first floor of the museum is actually the site of the Eyüp Toy Shop, a famous toy shop that had closed down in the 1950s.

Akin has indicated that the word "museum" originates etymologically
Etymology

Etymology is the study of the roots and history of words; and how their form and meaning have changed over time.In languages with a long detailed history, etymology makes use of philology, the study of how words change from culture to culture over time....
 from the name for the daughters of Zeus
Zeus

Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
, the "muses"; on this basis, he suggests that the aim of the museum is to furnish a visitor with inspiration.

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