“Toy Showcase” is an exhibition of historic toys from the collection of the Sosenko family, curated by people drawn from the general public. This group of community curators have developed the concept of the exhibition, selected the objects, prepared the exhibition design, and written the captions. In recognition of the location in which exhibition is installed the display has strong references to the exhibition “Objects. Gallery of Polish Design of the 20th and 21st Centuries” presented at the Szołayski House.

The project’s title refers to the glass vitrines which contain the toys selected during meetings between the curators and the collectors, Marek and Katarzyna Sosenko. ‘Showcase’ also refers to shop windows (where toys are displayed for sale), to the museum display case (where they can be viewed) and to the website [which in Polish is called ‘witryna’, or ‘showcase’] (which is a window onto the real world and which presents a field of unlimited opportunities for play and learning).

Because the museum does not yet have a permanent home, the project has been organised with some of our partner institutions – Cricoteka Art Documentation Centre, Museum of Podgórze (branch of the Museum of Krakow) and the Szołayski House of Feliks Jasieński (branch of the National Museum in Krakow).

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Curators of the “Toy Showcase #4 – Merry memories”: Cristina Anghel, Julia Dronia, Karolina Grzegorska, Eva Kulesh, Lucas Kulesh, Stas Kulesh, Sophie Levé, Amy Perkis, Maria Scherma, Kaja Willis, Sara Willis, Zoey Willis

Coordinators of the “Toy Showcase”: Katarzyna Jagodzińska and Katarzyna Sosenko

Coordination on behalf of the Museum of Krakow: Anna Walczyk

The artistic arrangement was designed by Mateusz Okoński and made together with the curators

Visual identity design for the project: Studio Podpunkt

Print designs: Dominika Szczałba-Żegleń

Photographs: Wojciech Sosenko

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund