Within the content of the "Game and Game Materials" course, information about the history of toys and the history of toys was given. Within the scope of the information conveyed, toy museums around the world were introduced. It ranks 2nd in the historic Toy Museum in Istanbul after Turkey "Istanbul Toy Museum" information is given about.
Istanbul Toy Museum was established on April 23, 2005 by poet / writer Sunay Akın.
The museum, where the most favorite examples of toy history from the 1700s to the present, is located in a historical mansion.
Established with toys that Sunay Akın bought from antique dealers and auctions in more than 40 countries in 20 years, the Istanbul Toy Museum presents the world history with a more fun and catchy learning method.
With the Istanbul Toy Museum, the gap in our country regarding toy museums, which are of great importance in European countries, has been completed and the Istanbul Toy Museum has gained an important place among the examples in the world.
In November of 2012 carried out by the Istanbul Toy Museum and ToYcon-2012, a first in the world (Europe Toys and Children's Museum Association) meeting was held in Turkey for the first time.
In this way, the Istanbul Toy Museum has become a pioneer in establishing a union of children and toy museums in the world, earning Istanbul the title of "the capital of toy museums".
Using the 360 virtual tour defined on the museum's website, a virtual tour was made on the online platform.
Lect. Buse Kerigan said, "The virtual trip attracted the attention of the students and provided an interactive learning environment by including the students in the course online"
