Toy Museum and

Situation

Both are located in the building of the old railway station on the Dénia-Carcaixent line (main gate accessible by a ramp at the main gate).

On the ground floor is the Art Centre L'Estació with temporary exhibitions.

On the first floor, by a staircase, we access the toy museum, also accessible by elevator. It is an extensive and interesting display of toy production in Denia, from its beginnings (1904) to the decade of the 60s.

Metal and especially wooden toys are the hallmarks of toy production at that time, creating fleets of cars and pedal planes and other wheeled craft, sailing boats, wagons, trucks, trains, which reproduce the great giants of land transport, wood kitchens, bowling or ring games, etc.

Historical interest

The first toy industry, founded in Dénia in 1904, was exclusively dedicated to lithographed tin toys with German imported machinery and models. Ten years later, a wooden toy factory was founded with lathing, varnishing, and shiny finishes decorated with metal adornments.

During the 20’s decade, leaving the development of metal toys, the production of wooden toys gradually characterized the typical toys made in Dénia.

The most popular toy in the 50’s decade was the wooden toy par excellence. Despite the restructured production of the tricycle, bicycle, pedal cars and scooters which date back to the early decades of the 20th century and in spite of the luxurious manufacture of pedal cars, airplanes, and metal carriages, the wood toys with their bright colours made the most emblematic impression which achieved noteworthy levels of popularity during those years.

The favourite toy models amoung children were the sailboats, the horse or mule drawn carriages, lorries, etc. The wood kitchen stoves, the bowling pins, the hoop games or the Cowboy and Indian forts clearly illustrated the richness and the diversity of the wood toys made in Dénia.