In a small storefront decorated with shadow puppets, near busy Holborne station is a crooked-mile of a museum. Crammed floor-to-ceiling with games, puppets, dolls, and (its speciality) toy theatres, this museum is not to be missed. In the days before mass-produced plastic figurines and electronic games, children's toys were well-crafted treasures. This museum truly takes you to another world.

Pollock's was my favorite museum in London. I wish it was bigger. They had a lot of really interesting toys from other parts of the world,like shadow puppets. They even had ABC posters in different languages, as well as a karma board game that I learned about in a philosophy class. It is the Game of Good and Evil, which is like Shoots and Ladders, where you climb a ladder for living a good life and go down a shoot for a bad one. This determines what you will be reborn as. Basically the toys there taught a lot about other cultures, and were also really fun. They also have a lot of old toys which ma bring back memories. Definitely check out this uncrownded museum. Their giftshop isn't that good-but that may be a good thing for a travelers pockets-wink wink!

is the eccentric heart of England's toy and model theatre world. this quirky museum and shop takes one back to the 1850's. If you have a soul then Pollocks is not to be missed on a tour of London.