First Collections | Mingei International Museum

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Carousel Goat, 19th Century, Spain, wood. Collection Mingei International Museum. Gift of Barbara Beretich. Photo by Lynton Gardiner. 2003-21-001.
Image: Carousel Goat, 19th Century, Spain, wood. Collection Mingei International Museum. Gift of Barbara Beretich. Photo by Lynton Gardiner. 2003-21-001.
On View

Nov 20, 2004 - Jun 15, 2005

Location

Mingei International Museum

Curated By

Martha W. Longenecker

The exhibition was funded in part by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program.

Centerpiece of the exhibition was a group of 12 late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century, miniature French carousel animals from the Freels Collection. Other features of the exhibition were a collection of clay whistles from Russia, traditional Russian painted and nested dolls and cast iron mechanical banks – the last a gift of the Thomas W. Sefton Foundation. Antique American and European dolls and traditional dolls, dollhouses and toys from many countries of the world were from Mingei International’s permanent collection.