World's Largest Toy Museum Complex — Attraction in Branson

The Toy Museum has an amazing collection of toys from many eras organized into different types from cars and planes to Raggedy Anne and Barbie. It is a great, nostalgic trip back to the toys you’d had or the toys your parents had. The staff is friendly and knowledgable about their collection. Arrive before 11:00 and get a discount.

The target audience is adults of college age or older. After leaving home and leaving your own toys at home, you tend to reminisce about the things you played with growing up. This museum will help you relive some of those old memories. For younger guests, the huge volume of toys caught behind glass in a collection seems like a lost opportunity. Quite a few of the toys are still in their original packaging.

There are a couple exhibits that don’t seem to fit with a toy museum. They are collectables that the owners don’t have another way of sharing with the public, so have included as part of this museum.

The museum could benefit from a larger building. It wouldn’t be hard to display this collection in a building three times its current size. This would give room for more explanations about the toys, some exhibits showing off individual toys, and wider walk ways so guests aren’t trying to squeeze past each other in the aisles. In 2013 the museum received over 40,000 toy donations and more are coming in every day.

Pictures are encouraged so you can capture some of the toys you used to have or some that you didn’t realize existed. The staff is...

Three buildings full cars, trucks, tractors, boards games, dolls action figures, and so much more. You could spend between 30 minutes to 3 hours depending on how interested you are in the displays. You are certain to see toys from your own childhood to that of your parents or grand-parents. There are several activity areas for the kids: rock and sock 'em robots, army men and chess and checkers. This first building also has a section on Harold Bell Wright/The Shepherd of the Hills with a 28 minute video, writings, and personal items including a beautiful hand carved wooden chest. The second building houses a giant collection of BB Guns, Cap Guns, western items; Red Ryder. The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers/Dale Evans. The third building also host the local model railroad club with 3 different scale tracks set to run. During our visit several members were talking about some of the cars and models. Each building has there own gift shop with souvenir shirts and other items. Classics toys and board games. The second shop has some vintage magazines, DVDs of The Sons of the Pioneers and Paul Harvey, Jr. The third store has some collectable cars/toys and comics books. Also bring quarters for functioning small child rides like the batmobile; pinball machines; and Zoltar fortune...

Really nice unique gift shop.

Other than that? It resembles nothing as much as a really old, really dirty, way over crowded, junky flea market. The exterior is so cool!!!! Not really a place for kids, unfortunately. Lots of old stuff, but not displayed well (overcrowded shelving, hodge podge of themes), NOT the bright cheery place it could & should be! And it smells musty too!

I suppose that to call something a museum, I expected an organized, well lit, place to see gems from my childhood.....NOT a dusty jumbled pile of mid 1980s Ninja Turtles, some missing limbs etc, some in pkg with Walmart price stickers!!! (As one example). I absolutely swear, I thought it'd be fun to see "my" childhood toys (1970s) again, but 99.9% of the time I just kept saying to myself that the items were in such rough shape that my parents would've tossed them out! Well loved, played with, faded colors--OK! But this!? Brought back no fond remembrances!!

Obviously, from the exterior of the place, with bright, wonderfully whimsical, childhood related items (train engine, big school bus, Nutcrackers standing at attention by the entrance)....somebody here knows what makes for a fun time. Too bad they didn't let the...