The 1920s Life of the Porter Children at Miss Porter's House Museum

Visitors will experience a world of non-plastic toys:- Tin-plate mechanical toys were a favourite and probably date from before 1914. See early dolls made from wood and cloth and recall the changes from cloth to pre-plastics, early celluloid and the more modern soft plastics. The museum’s school magazines, photographs, reports, certificates and prizes paint a fascinating picture of their school life at this time. Turn pages of the replicas of many of these and learn about how they were taught, learnt to draw and write suitable poems. Young visitors can compare their own school life and check how their classrooms and reports differ. Come and have fun with the Porter children - with not a Barbie in sight! Adults $12, Concessions $10, Family $34, NT Members and Children under