Brighton Toy and Model Museum arches and contains a large 1930s 0 gauge model railway layout, 00 gauge model railway town and countryside layouts, and collections of model locomotives, soft toys, puppets and marionettes, construction toys, building construction sets, model ships, radio controlled model aircraft, and farm, circus, zoo and ship toy sets. It also includes displays of diecast models including Matchbox, Dinky Toys, Corgi Toys and Spot-On. Exhibition displays draw on outside guest collections and on varying selections taken from the Museum's core collection. The museum is a venue for the Brighton Science Festival and the Brighton Fringe. Public train running days are typically
Toccata for Toy Trains models. Eames says the modern era has lost the art of toymaking in the attempt to have "a perfect little copy of the real thing". Toccata for Toy Trains Toccata for Toy Trains is a 1957 short film by Charles and Ray Eames, one of several films (including "Powers of Ten", made many years later) the husband-and-wife design team made during their career. "Toccata for Toy Trains" is also the title of the instrumental music composed for the film by Elmer Bernstein, a frequent collaborator on the Eames films. The film features mostly antique toy trains moving within fanciful settings