Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls & Toys

The cutesy name undersells it: this is a serious collection of 20,000+ objects dating back to the 1680s, crammed into a small Lakewood building after the museum left its historic Capitol Hill cottage in 2020. The crown jewel is Miss Yokohama, one of only 58 Japanese Friendship Dolls sent to the U.S. in 1927, most of which are now lost. Antique dollhouses, working miniatures, and tin toys fill the rest. It's the kind of place even longtime locals didn't know existed.

The move: Slow-walk the miniature rooms together and pick which tiny house you'd move into, then track down Miss Yokohama and read up on how she survived nearly a century.

• 📍 Lakewood
• 💸 $
• ⚡ Low-key
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 830 Kipling St, Lakewood, CO 80215 (just east of the Kipling St & 8th Pl stoplight)

Hours: Fri & Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm; last entry 3pm. ~$5 adult. Closed major holidays.

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Verified 2026-06-07.