Date Of Visit: August 12, 2017
Location: 1188 Highland Avenue, Cheshire, CT
Cost:
- Toddlers (3 & Under): Free
- Children (4 – 17): $3.00
- Adults (18+): $5.00
Hours:
| Sunday | – | CLOSED |
| Monday | – | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | – | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | – | 12:00pm – 4:00pm |
| Thursday | – | 12:00pm – 4:00pm |
| Friday | – | 12:00pm – 4:00pm |
| Saturday | – | 12:00pm – 4:00pm |
Parking: The main parking area has room for only about half a dozen cars. But, there is a parking area behind the museum you can park at.
Website: Barker Museum
Highlights: collection of toys, dolls, figurines, lunch boxes and many other memorabilia and collectibles.
Memories and nostalgia fill the aisles of Barker Character, Comic an Cartoon Museum in Cheshire, CT.
You’re bound to find something among the nearly 80,000 items in the two floors at Barker museum. Whether it is an action figure (and there are tons of them there to view)
dolls
or board games (you know before they had video games)
you’re bound to find something that catches your eye or reminds you of your youth.
There are even old Wheaties and other types of cereal boxes, Pez candy and dispensers and other candy.
The oldest item at the museum is a cast iron elephant ramp walker manufactured by the Ives Company in 1873. The value of this toy is estimated between $225 and $250.
There were some other unusual toys and collectibles at Barker.
I had a ton of these while I was growing up. I remember saving up my allowance each week and saving so I could buy the new figures. It was quite a smurfy collection.
I also recognized this lunch box from my younger days.
There are many other lunch boxes on display at the museum.
The deceivingly looking main building that looks like any other residency has art available for purchase from many of the most popular movies, cartoons and other types of entertainment.
There are also sculptures of Dr. Seuss characters and other toys and figurines in the main building.
Outside of the buildings there are murals, statues and signs with drawings of famous cartoon characters on them.
As you can see, Barker’s is a fun for people of all ages!
Below is a video of some of the fun things to see at Barkers.
New England Nomad 
November 20th, 2017 at 2:30 pm
OH wow you shot a lot photos, excellent. You definitely covered everything. 🙂 Looks like an interesting place! 🙂
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November 20th, 2017 at 11:14 pm
It was such a fun place! There was so much to photograph there and I didn’t want to miss anything. I think I covered everything! Thank you!
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November 22nd, 2017 at 5:27 am
I think you did as well. Well done 🙏🏼🤗
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November 22nd, 2017 at 11:49 am
Thank you! ( :
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November 20th, 2017 at 7:20 pm
This museum looks a little too cluttered for me tastes at least judging by the photos. Were all of the items clustered by category? Or was it more like a where’s waldo kinda task?
x The Captain
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November 20th, 2017 at 11:02 pm
They did categorize the toys by show and type. All of the action figures were in one section. The dolls were on another section, etc. There was a lot of stuff crammed into the aisles. They may need a bigger building to accommodate everything. The aisles are a little narrow also. I still loved it there though!
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November 22nd, 2017 at 7:10 am
Glad ye liked it matey. I think I will just stick to yer excellent photos!
x The Captain
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November 22nd, 2017 at 11:00 am
Thank you!
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