Visit to Istanbul Toy Museum with Child Development Department Students

To the tour; Head of Child Development Department Asst.Prof. Nurten ELKİN and department teachers Asst.Prof. Talat SARIKAVAK, Lecruter Buse KERİGAN, Ress. Ass. Kevser Tuğba ÇINAR, Ress. Ass. Hatice Zelal BİNGÖL and department students participated.

During the museum journey; Asst.Prof. Nurten ELKİN thanked the students for their participation in the trip, stating that they would reinforce their theoretical knowledge about "games and game materials" in our curriculum thanks to today's visit to the toy museum. Afterwards, its member Asst.Prof. Talat SARIKAVAK talked about the effects of toys on children and their contribution to development areas. Lecruter Buse KERİGAN also mentioned the toy museums in Turkey and gave information about the establishment and story of the Istanbul Toy Museum.

Istanbul Toy Museum; It was founded on April 23, 2005 by Belgin Akın and poet/writer Sunay Akın. The museum, where the most popular examples of toy history from the 1700s to the present are exhibited, is located in a historical mansion in Göztepe district. Istanbul Toy Museum, which was established with toys that Sunay Akın bought from antique shops and auctions in more than 40 countries in 20 years, presents world history to its visitors with a more fun and catchy learning method. For example, in the section where space toys are exhibited, the effort to reach the Moon, and in the train toys section, the industrial revolution is described in the language of toys. The decoration of the museum was designed with this in mind by the stage design artist Ayhan Doğan. The museum is a first in the world as it was opened by a poet and designed by a stage design artist.

With the Istanbul Toy Museum, the gap in our country regarding toy museums, which have great importance in European countries, has been completed and Istanbul Toy Museum has an important place among the examples in the world. The TOYCO-2012 Istanbul (European Association of Toy and Children's Museums) meeting, which was held by the Istanbul Toy Museum in November 2012 and a first in the world, was held in Turkey for the first time. In this way, the Istanbul Toy Museum became a pioneer in establishing the association of children's and toy museums in the world, and gave Istanbul the title of "capital of toy museums".

During the trip, under the leadership of Ress. Ass. Kevser Tuğba ÇINAR, the students were asked to photograph 3 toy images that caught their attention the most and to share these images in a common area with a digital application. In this direction, students' interactive participation was ensured.

At the end of the tour, the founder of the museum, Sunay AKIN, talked about the importance of the child development department and the trip was concluded.