点评:An interesting way to spend a morning. The museum is located in the Victorian arches underneath the train station. The collection is mainly engineering related toys, such as model railways, meccano and related toys. There is a section devoted to dolls and puppets and an area for temporary exhibitions. When we were there the exhibition was about the evolution of Star Trek ships as shown in the toys through the ages. The main focus of the museum is the model railway layouts, varying from a large central layout with model Brighton station to several smaller layouts featuring a variety of scenarios. All the layouts had working parts which moved when you pressed a button, though not all were working when we visited. It was interesting to wander round and see how toys changed developed through the 1950s and 1960s.
翻译:一个打发早晨时光的有趣方式。这座博物馆位于火车站下方的维多利亚风格拱门内。馆内藏品主要是与工程相关的玩具,比如模型火车、积木玩具等。这里还有一个专门展示玩偶和木偶的区域,以及一个举办临时展览的空间。我们去的时候,展览主题是历年来的玩具所呈现的《星际迷航》飞船的演变历程。博物馆的重心还是那些模型火车布局展示。展品包括一个以布赖顿火车站为模型的大型中央模型,以及多个展示各种场景的小型模型。所有模型都有可动部件,按下按钮后就会动起来,不过我们参观时并非所有模型都能正常运作。漫步其中,观察这些玩具在20世纪50至60年代间的演变过程,真是件有趣的事。