Documentary record connected to the editorial archive.
Collection associated with the exhibition “Tesoros de infancia,” which presents the history of Spanish toys from 1870 to 1970.
Toy collections, exhibitions and museums make it possible to understand these objects beyond nostalgia. Drawing on sources about Spanish toy heritage, this article examines what objects can document, how museums put them in context, and the limits required by a rigorous reading.
Open storyA reading of Spanish toys as material heritage: from industrial collections and museum holdings to exhibitions that place them alongside their social, technological and design contexts.
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