Do you remember what it was like to wake up Saturday morning before anyone else and plop down in front of the T.V. for some good old-fashioned cartoons? Get ready for a blast from the past! All it takes to relive those days is a visit to this spectacular cartoon museum in Connecticut. It’s filled to the brim with everything that made you happy when you were a child. All your old favorites including Roy Rogers, Betty Boop, Scooby Doo, Mickey Mouse, Snoopy, and many more are waiting to jog those childhood memories and bring a smile to your face.
Walk into Barker Character,
Comic and Cartoon
Museum and you'll immediately feel like a kid again. Home to more than 80,000 antique and vintage toys, this museum in Cheshire recreates childhood for the many generations of its visitors.
Step inside and you won't know where to look first. What might catch your eye is the hundreds of metal lunch boxes hanging from the ceiling sporting all of your favorite characters.
Find merchandise from popular TV shows like The Dukes of Hazzard, Mork & Mindy, and I Dream of Jeannie. Are you starting to have flashbacks from the '70s and '80s yet?
The very oldest toys in the museum's collection date back to 1873 and are powered by gravity. These cast iron elephants (pictured below) were manufactured in Bridgeport. These ramp walkers still work today, plodding down an incline just as they were designed to do.
Browse the eye-catching displays of puppets, tin toys, games, and advertisements. As you walk through, childhood memories that you've long forgotten will come right to the surface.
Outside the museum, you'll find plenty of characters on the property. Lucy's lemonade stand, the Jetsons, the cast from Scooby Doo, and many others are ready for picture taking.
Spend all the time you want monkeying around in this fun spot. The Barker Character Comic and Cartoon Museum is open to visitors from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Admission to this toy mecca is just $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 4-17, and children 3 and under are free.
Visit this childhood wonderland at 1188 Highland Ave., Building B, Cheshire, CT 06410. Learn more by visiting their website or Facebook page.
Who is your favorite character? Have you ever visited this cartoon museum? You know what else makes you feel young again? A visit to this big, sweet candy shop.
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