

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Made In Orillia: The Toys That Built Childhood
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: Made in Orillia: The Toys that Built Childhood explores how locally produced toys shaped play, identity, and childhood in the mid-20th century. Drawing from the Orillia Museum of Art &amp; History’s collection, the exhibition highlights toys produced by companies such as Tudhope Specialties Limited (later Orillia Tudhope Anderson Company or OTACO) and Lloyd Baby Carriages.

From miniature ovens, pressed-steel trucks, and doll carriages, the exhibition shows how toys reflected the social values of their time. Set against the backdrop of postwar prosperity and the looming Cold War, these toys carried messages about gender, work, family life, and consumer culture. While designed for play, they also mirrored adult expectations of who children were and who they were expected to be.

By placing Orillia’s toy industry within a broader historical and cultural context, this exhibition invites visitors to consider how toys shape childhood experiences, influence ideas about gender, and continue to reflect the world in which they are made.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/orillia/made-in-orillia-the-toys-that-built-childhood/200029516896807
- **Event Categories**: exhibitions, art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029516896807?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=orillia-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Orillia
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 30 Peter St. South, Orillia, ON, Canada, Ontario L3V 5A9
- **lat**: 44.60848
- **long**: -79.41693
- **full address**: 30 Peter St. South, Orillia, ON, Canada, Ontario L3V 5A9

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Orillia Museum of Art & History (https://allevents.in/org/orillia-museum-of-art-and-history/26032868)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 30 Peter St. South, Orillia, ON, Canada, Ontario L3V 5A9
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Orillia Museum of Art & History
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** exhibitions, art, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Made In Orillia: The Toys That Built Childhood ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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