In the late 1800s, many Canadian children played with hand-made or improvised toys, even though mass-produced toys were available. Why did it take until the 1950s for that trend to shift?

ArticleAimee BenoitFebruary 23, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMade In, Toys, Manufacturing, Production, Mass-Market, Globalization, ArtisanComment

Galt's Vaults: What is "Museum Quality?"

We get over a hundred calls a year form people interested in donating objects to the Galt Museum & Archives. The calls always start with a pitch about the objects. Usually, the first words uttered by the caller are “I’ve got an old-old-old thing…” and sometimes that is followed up with “…it’s museum quality.” But what is museum quality?

Galt's Vaults, Online PresentationKevin MacLeanApril 27, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesMuseum Quality, Donations, Donor, Collections, Accession, Database, bear, Toys, Punkinheads, Eatons, Loved, Museum, Lethbridge, GaltComment