American Toy Marble Museum Akron Ohio

The museum displays a wide range of marbles and other toys and tools from the industry.

American toy marble museum akron ohio.

A few years later in 1891 sam dyke founded the american marble toy manufacturing company and it was this factory that became the largest toy company to operate in the united states during the nineteenth century. Of course their champions can compete at a nation wide finals in akron ohio. It is a partner in akron after school and is working closely with the akron history exhibit the summit county historical society the university of akron archives the akron summit county public library. The american toy marble museum is a chartered non profit organization of ohio but it does not compete for non profit foundation grants.

In the mid 1890s. On the very site where the first marbles were mass produced in the usa lock 3 park home of the american toy marble museum. Dyke in 1891 in akron. The museum enjoyed more than 40 000 visitors a year but staffing was voluntary and funding was limited.

The success of dyke s akron toy company spurred other entrepreneurs to start up their own marble works in the akron area. Many of the museum s exhibits were dug out of the ground during its construction. The original blue santa pictured here was found at lock 3 park in akron ohio during an archeological dig by the american toy marble museum. The first five and last eight marbles are made of common clay making them known as commies also found on the former site of the american marble and.

Dyke s 1884 clay marble factory. The american toy marble museum is located in akron ohio where some of the earliest american marbles were produced. In 2005 the akron district marbles tournament had roughly 5 000 children participating in its yearly marbles tournament programs. American toy marble museum closed the museum stood on the site formerly occupied by samuel c.

Most of the below jugs pots boots and other miniature items might be difficult to recognize as toys today but childhood has changed remarkably in the past 120 years in part due to the mass production of children s products including toys. To showcase its marble industry history for many years akron was home to the american toy marble museum since 1990 closing some years and then reopening at a different location in 2002 2015 at loch 3 park. The first mass produced toy. It was manufactured on the site by the american marble toy manufacturing co.

The american marble and toy manufacturing company was founded by samuel c.