Fairies Reborn Magic Nursery will this weekend celebrate a year of displaying wacky and wonderful dolls next to the Montecristo Homestead in Junee.
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The haunted doll museum is the largest collection of its kind in Australia, featuring realistic handcrafted baby dolls made by founder Silvia Haszterenyiova along with a large collection of dolls of all types.
Ms Haszterenyiova moved to Junee from Sydney about two years ago and decided to set up the museum when she was looking for a space to store her collection.
Since launching last year, the museum has seen visitors from far and wide, and Ms Haszterenyiova said many were surprised by what they saw.
"We have a visitors book and they're writing beautiful comments," she said.
"They've never seen anything like it."
She said many of her visitors found the collection more interesting than they expected, especially men who enjoyed looking at the "creepy" dolls they found and were fascinated by the lifelike reborn dolls.
Before opening the museum, Ms Haszterenyiova said she had a social media following of about 20,000 through her online reborn baby making business, but the vast majority of those followers were from the United States and Europe.
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Since she set up the museum, she said she had noticed more Australians following her, with people from Sydney and Canberra coming to Junee to see the reborn baby dolls in person before buying them.
Ms Haszterenyiova said the museum worked well with other Junee attractions such as the Montecristo Homestead and the licorice factory to keep tourists in the town longer, with more people travelling specifically to see the dolls now the museum is established.
"Now people are booking and calling me, they're coming just for the doll museum," she said.
She said she could then often recommend other places to visit in Junee.
"There's much more here to see for people, a reason to travel," she said.
Ms Haszterenyiova said the museum was a "dream come true" and she was glad she had chosen to set up in the country rather than staying in Sydney.
She said by staying away from the busy city life, she still had time to focus on her other hobbies.
"I choose to stay in Junee and have less visitors ... I think it's the perfect place."
From its first anniversary on March 1, the museum will celebrate throughout the month by handing out a red balloon to every child visiting the museum.
The museum is open Friday to Monday from 10am to 4pm.