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
James May's Toy Stories toy. A few stars of the show include Airfix model planes, plasticine modelling material, Meccano construction toys, Scalextric cars and Lego. May's interest in technology is known from his presentation of such programmes as "James May's 20th Century" and "James May's Big Ideas". He credits much of the inventiveness of humans to the love of playing with toys and he has credited many technological developments to men playing in sheds. He has shown his passion for toys in programmes he has presented including "James May's Top Toys" and "" and he has discussed his desire for children to get away