Jura museums

Le musée du Jouet

The Toy Museum
Go back to your childhood…… In the very heart of the village of Moirans-en-Montagne, is nestled the museum of games and toys.

The site has one of the most beautiful collections of games and toys in Europe (+2000).

A brief history : The first wooden toys turned in Moirans-en-Montagne date back to 1820. Whistles and recorders, also known as flageolets, were the specialty of Moirantin turners. Around 1850, the “bibi”, a small whistle surmounted by a balloon, manufactured in thousands of copies in the locality, even earned him the nickname “Bibiville”. At the beginning of the 20th century, Moirans-en-Montagne became one of the main centres of woodturning and the toy capital. Bowling, rattles,…

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and many others