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Now that you've begun gathering your Museum at Home collection, it's time to start organizing what you have. Collections Manager Jennifer Noffze takes us behind the scenes and uses dinosaur toys from the museum's collection to share three tips on how to organize your collection.
Tips for organizing your collection:
- Keep your sets together. Don't mix up your sets.
- Keep certains materials together.
- Organize by size.
We hope you're having fun creating your own Museum at Home collection. We can't wait to see what you've brought together! Remember to share your collection with us by using the #TCMatHome hashtag on social media!
The toys in this video
Interested in the dinosaur toys Jennifer shared in this post? Here's some more information!
- We have 151 sets with 1304 total pieces in our dinosar toy collection.
- The bulk of our collection was from one man, Joe DeMarco:
“People have been imagining what dinosaurs looked like ever since the first fossils were found. Dinosaur toys and collectibles like these show some of the ways people have pictured them. Some are meant to look realistic, and others were made just for fun. Joe DeMarco spent over twenty years carefully assembling this collection that spans over eighty years! Many of the pieces are from the 1950s and 1960s, which is often considered the heyday of dinosaur toys. Included in the collection are plastic, metal, and ceramic dinosaur figures, playsets, salt and pepper shakers, and cereal premiums.” - The Fred Flintstone toy was made in 1962 by Marx in Japan.
