Boston, Massachusetts - Children's Museum Hall of Toys
- Address:
- 300 Congress St., Boston, MA
- Directions:
- Right next to the giant Hood Milk Bottle, on the corner of Congress and Sleeper Sts.
- Admission:
- $9 adults, $7 children (2-15) and senior citizens, Fri. 5-9 pm $1.
- Hours:
- Everyday, 10 am - 5 pm; Fridays, 10 am-9 pm. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 617-426-6500
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The big attractions, however, are the dioramas, which populate an entire wall. Here, you will find a street scene with Austrian wooden reindeer, a baby newspaper stand, and a clothesline hung with wash fit for a sparrow. Down below the street scene, you'll see a little window that views under the manholes in the pavement, revealing a stuffed gila monster. If you look closely at a Parisian cafe scene, you will see that the stuffed mice in the corner are drinking little cans of Coors. The exhibit never loses its sense of humor or ironic detachment; in fact, the most telling moment may be on the outskirts of the exhibit, where, in a vignette in a large glass case, a stuffed groundhog sells "stuffed people" -- a row of little dolls on a table before him.
Admission is a little steep if you're interested in only one exhibit-- $9 a pop-- but on Friday nights from 5-9pm, the price is only a $1. Well worth the chance to see such a bizarre arrangement of amazing children's ephemera. [Megan, 07/04/2004]
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