Waldoboro, Maine: Fawcett's Antique Toy Museum

What a fun, easy-to-find place to visit. Don't let the word "museum" keep you from stopping. I didn't really want to pay to go into a museum, but I went into this pop culture heaven hoping at least for a gift shop. Wow! There are at least four rooms packed with all sorts of memorabilia -- toys, posters, photos -- and all kinds of fun items for sale. And that's before you even pay to go into the museum part of the place. The prices seemed quite reasonable on the stuff I looked at.

The lady running the place was fun to talk with and quite cordial and didn't try to force me to go into the paid part of the shop.

Has displays of items worn and used by cowboy movie stars such as Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and the Lone Ranger. Collection of original comic strip art: Krazy Kat, Red Ryder, Dick Tracy, Li'l Abner, plus Disney animation cells. 1930s Disneyana, tin toys, and a complete collection of all the original Star Wars figures.

Fawcett's Antique Toy Museum is filled with wonderful childhood memories of past American popular culture. The museum features antique and rare cartoon toys of all kinds. There are radio premiums and rare cereal boxes. World War II propaganda toys, and rare toys from around the world. Antique radios featuring western heroes and other comic characters. Popeye, Felix the Cat, Snow White, Betty Boop, puppets, paper toys, toy soldiers and so much more.