History Timeline
Explore key moments in the history of teaching and learning about Japan at Boston Children’s Museum and about the installation of the Kyo no Machiya inside the Museum.
![Slocum Dolls Collection](https://japanesehouse.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/timeline1-2-big-Slocum-Dolls-2-scaled.jpeg)
1913
Among the first gifts to the Museum was a collection of Japanese miniatures from Anna D. Slocum, a Boston woman who worked with schools and museums and traveled throughout Asia.
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![Old Japanese Booklet with American and Japanese flags intertwined](https://japanesehouse.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/timeline-1-3-big-1914.main_.From-Old-Japan-booklet_0-scaled.jpg)
1914
The Museum began exhibiting and teaching about Japan immediately. During February vacation week, the Women’s Education Association organized a joint exhibit with the Children’s Museum and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
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![Girls with Japanese doll](https://japanesehouse.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1920s.Girls-with-Japanese-doll_0.jpg)
1920
Using the objects from the collection has always been part of the Museum's teaching philosophy.