The architecture of the museum is very alluring. I am always fascinated to see how the old buildings are transformed to meet the modern meeds. In this case, a new entrance was added. It looks playful and relevant. I looked inside, the museum was filled with children and parents. I saw a poster near the entrance, offering a perfect location for celebration children's birthdays. They sold it to me and I decided to come back with my little sister.
The interior of the Museum of Childhood did not impress me at all. It is too dark and gloomy. Despite the height of the ceiling, the space looks small and claustrophobic. We decided to have a look at the artefacts. The displays are horrible. Glass boxes. Most of artefacts are poorly lit, and not exiting to look at. 25 percent of the artefacts are modern toys.
Half go the main hall is occupied by a cafe, seemed like the whole museum exists to attract the visitors into a cafe. Because of the Area (Bethnal Green) and uninteresting context, majority of people visit the cafe before leaving the place.
The museum is very empty, seems like it was made for grown ups to remember their childhood. Kids are more interested in running around rather then look at the uninterestingly presented old toys.
There are few tables with toys for kids to play, but the toys are dirty, overused, some of them are simply broken. My sister loved the mirror installation because of the little lamps that changed the colour, but very soon she became bored and sleepy.
This is one of the artefacts - a hundred years old doll house. It looks like a Ghost house, scary, lifeless. The question is, is it something that the child would enjoy seeing? The lighting of a house is horrible, it adds a ghosty feeling to the scene.
This is a very poor attempt to present the toys. Dark, messy, scary.
In conclusion I would like to say, that it was the most poorly designed museum I have ever been to. If you have a kid whom you want to punish for bad behaviour, this is a perfect place for you.
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