MUSEUM
NEWSLETTER
Series
"Cuadernos de referencia, FIJAS"
Reference Guides
for Toy figures Collectors.
By José Manuel Allendesalazar,
Director of the "Fijas" Museum of Old Toy Figures,
Sepúlveda , Spain
Already published:
- # 1. "Manual de
identificación de figuras españolas de 45 milímetros
(Palomeque, Capell, Castresana, etc )"
(A Guide to 45 mm. toy figures by the most reputed Spanish makers)
67 pages, 25 colour plates with 510 photographs in real size.
- # 2. "Bullfighting
Toy figures (Spain, France, Germany, United Kingdom)"
Text in Spanish and English
67 pages, 25 colour plates with 92 photographs.
- # 3. "Los
soldados de Palomeque (1922-1936)"
(Edición conmemorativa 70 aniversario)
Palomeque's Toy Soldiers, 1922 - 1936. (70th Anniversary)
80 pages, 34 colour plates with 142 photographs.
- # 4. "Sanquez
y la familia Vázquez (Una dinastía
de grabadores de figuras de juguete)"
Sanquez and his Family (A dinasty of Spanish Toy Soldiers Engravers)
60 pages, 27 colour plates with 93 photographs.
(The format
of all Guides is 29 x 21 cms.)
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booklet are distributed by:
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Temporary Exhibitions in
the Museum
The special presentation, in
2005, of toy figures conmemorating the 4th centenary of the first edition of
"Don Quixote", which met with great interest among visitors
to the Museum, has encouraged us to continue with this kind of temporary displays,
with figures from our own Collection.
So far, the temporary exhibitions presented in the museum have been the following:
- 2005 4th centenary of Cervantes'
novel 'Don Quixote' first edition (1506).
- 2006 (January through June).
On the occasion of the anniversary of Christopher Columbus (1506).
- 2006 (July through December).
250th year of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1756.
- 2007 450th year of the
Duke of Savoy's march on Saint Quentin fortress, August 1557.
- 2008 A multiple display
of a combat between Spanish and French Napoleonic Troops near Bailen,
in the province of Jaen, Spain (July 1808) may be seen as from January 2008.
Other similar presentations
are being planned for the future. Any suggestions as to further subjects will
be welcome.