Pictured Competition Winner Ellis Blair 5 EDINBURGH'S MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD RE-OPENS FOLLOWI
Pictured Competition Winner Ellis Blair 5 EDINBURGH'S MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD RE-OPENS FOLLOWING FIRST MAKEOVER IN 30 YEARS The world’s first ever museum dedicated to the history of childhood has reopened following a five-month revamp to its main ground floor gallery. The refurbishment of the City of Edinburgh Council's Museum of Childhood is the first major upgrade to the Royal Mile based attraction for more than 30 years. Families from across the city, who won a ‘golden ticket’ competition to be some of the first to visit the updated venue, joined Edinburgh's Culture and Communities Convener Donald Wilson at a special event to thank supporters and contributors and to mark the re-opening today (Friday 9 March). Opened in 1955, the Museum boasts an impressive collection of toys, games and artefacts relating to British childhoods spread over five floors. The makeover has allowed the museum to fully refit its main ground floor gallery, with a welcoming display of new display cabinets, lights and fittings. A colourful 'building blocks' design features interactive exhibits tracking changing childhoods while a dressing-up area and tee-pee in a new imaginary play area offers families the chance to play together. Tracking the lives of children in Scotland through the decades, a new digital display asks visitors to flick through a photo album of archive images and family photographs generously donated by local families from across the city. Councillor Donald Wilson, the City of Edinburgh Council’s Culture and Communities Convener, said: “With over 225,000 visitors every year, the Museum is one of Edinburgh’s flagship venues. Its impressive collection of more than 60,000 objects reflecting childhoods from the 18th century to the present day has been recognised as of National Importance by the Scottish Government, which has generously funded much of the refit through Museums Galleries Scotland grants. “The refurb
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