Toy & Miniature Museum Stellenbosch — Attraction in Stellenbosch Local Municipality

This is not a huge space or extensive collection but for a very very low price you can see a nicely cared for collection of dolls, cars, trains and other toys. The building is small but well laid out with different displays. It includes some locally/folk produced toys/dolls as well as more mass produced toys. The biggest disappointment was that currently the model train display is not functioning and needs some TLC from a competent amateur/professional model train enthusiast. Probably the hardest part is finding the entrance honestly. You do need to walk down quite a long path from the road to get to the building itself. Overall worth the cost and maybe 20 minutes you might spend here if you want to really inspect...

The Toy & Miniature Museum Stellenbosch was established in 1984 by Annatjie and Koos Malan and showcases a massive collection of dolls, cars, trains and other toys.

The museum is surprisingly large inside and it’s also in part a history of toys.

Some of the toys are donations and to be fair, some of the dolls faces do give off a freaky vibe.

But it’s a magical place and Mishka was especially helpful not only in explaining the museum, but also guiding a tourist to other museums in the area.

If you are a wheelchair, navigating the museum might prove difficult.

The highlight is definitely the working train set. You can watch it go for a...

The toy and miniature museum seemed like a rip off until we got to the car miniature. The first 2 rooms weren't doing it for us on our visit. However when we went down the hallway with all the car miniature it was amazing. The really have an amazing collection of miniature cars. We saved the best for last and that was seeing a replica of the old train and the route it takes. About 5 min of the traina driving around for only R5. The cars alone was worth the R 40 I spent. The train was just an added bonus at the end of the day. Just note that the train doesn't work during loadshedding and that some of the displays don't...