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The Toy & Miniature Museum of Kansas City is located in an historic mansion built in 1911 for the family of Dr. Herbert Tureman, a prominent local physician. The Tureman house was designed by John W. McKecknie, an architect best known for his work on commercial projects such as the Tension Envelope Building.

The home was bequeathed to the University of Missouri – Kansas City in the 1960s and was used as classroom and office space until it was leased to the Toy & Miniature Museum.

As the museum has grown in popularity, it also has grown in size. Major building renovation and expansion initiatives in 1989 and 2003 have brought the museum to its current size of 33,000 square feet.