Dunster Doll Museum
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The Doll Museum in Dunster
, Somerset
, England houses a collection of over 800 doll
s from around the world, based on the collection of the late Mollie Hardwick, who died in 1970 and donated her collection to the village memorial hall committee.
The collection, which was established in 1971 includes a display of British and foreign dolls in various costumes.
32 of the dolls were stolen during a burglary in 1992 and have never been recovered.
Dunster
Dunster is a village and civil parish in west Somerset, England, situated on the Bristol Channel coast south-southeast of Minehead and northwest of Taunton. The village has a population of 862 .The village has numerous restaurants and three pubs...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England houses a collection of over 800 doll
Doll
A doll is a model of a human being, often used as a toy for children. Dolls have traditionally been used in magic and religious rituals throughout the world, and traditional dolls made of materials like clay and wood are found in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. The earliest documented dolls...
s from around the world, based on the collection of the late Mollie Hardwick, who died in 1970 and donated her collection to the village memorial hall committee.
The collection, which was established in 1971 includes a display of British and foreign dolls in various costumes.
32 of the dolls were stolen during a burglary in 1992 and have never been recovered.