Abstract

The Maria Argyriadi donation is the core of the Department of Childhood, Toys and Games, which was founded in 1991, and this digital collection is only a small part of it.The Department's collections include 20,000 toys, games and childhood items, from antiquity to 1970, originating not only from Greece and the broader Greek world, but from Europe, America, Africa and the East as well.The department’s primary aim is to document all aspects of the themes "childhood", "game" and "toy", by studying the history of toys in Greece and Europe, and children’s daily life in a traditional Greek context as well.The collection’s Greek section comprises infants' and children's toys spanning the classical, Roman, Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods. They include hand-made traditional Greek toys dating from the 18th to the 20th century, articles from country festivals, 20th century commercial products, team sports, board games, and seasonal games.A separate group of objects includes reconstructions of popular toys, from the beginning of the 20th century, made by members of the K.A.P.I. (Centres for the Open Protection of the Aged).The European part of the collection comprises dolls and games of urban and rural manufacture dating from the 17th to the 20th century, mainly from England, France and Germany. There is also a selection of 19th and 20th century European regional costume dolls dressed in costumes from different parts of Greece.A specialist library open to all interested parties includes 3000 books and studies relating to children and toys, archival sources, photographs, information about Greek manufacturers, and works on children's literature and education, as well as general reference works.The collection of children’s Toys and Games, as well as a rich archival material, will be housed in the Kouloura Building.

Language:

Greek, Modern (1453-), English, Spanish; Castilian

Digital Format:

Plain Text, JPEG/JFIF, Other

Digital Type:

Text, Still image

Subject:

Education
Culture
Culture > History
Culture > Art
Culture > Leisure
Culture > Leisure > Leisure time activities
Culture > Leisure > Entertainment
Culture > Leisure > Play
Social and human sciences > Population > Children

Period:

Prehistory
Ancient world
Medieval
Modern and contemporary

Culture:

Eastern European, Middle European, Western European

Spatial Coverage:

Europe
Europe > GREECE

Relationships:

Relation type	Target identifier
May be under the responsibility of an institution	Eprints 77 not found.
May be made available via a product or service	Eprints 105 not found.
May be made available via a product or service	Eprints 98 not found.
May be created in the context of a project or programme	Eprints 4 not found.

["eprint_fieldname_physical-types" not defined]:

Advert, ["physical-types_typename_cpostale" not defined], Textile art, Photograph, Imprint, Period, Clothes and textiles, Visual arts, Ceramic, Performance

URI:

http://www.michael-culture.org/id/eprint/21573