A Visit to the Doll Hospital

The Hospital de Bonecas in Lisbon, Portugal, has got a pretty sweet operation, complete with a reception area, a plastic surgery room and a morgue. And no matter what your ailment is—broken leg, missing eye, cracked skull—head doctor Manuela Cutileiro has got you covered. But instead of fixing flesh and bones, Hospital de Bonecas lovingly repairs and restores dolls and toys. Cutileiro’s family has been in the business of mending childhood memories since 1830.

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[SoloBeans]

When your childhood playtime is actually your job

[missnaomigu]

Everybody thinks this is creepy, but all I can think of is how sad this is.
The people who came are mostly the older generations.
I'm not sure kids today would still play with these kind of dolls...
Hope their business pass through another generation.

[Tito.x]

I have now decided to major in the medical field.

[waykimly]

"We cure their memories"... wow..hits me so deep.. im so grateful there are people who understand doll lovers like me.. thanks to her!

[lidette]

And now I miss the doll my Dad gave me. I'm not sure whether it got thrown out or handed down to a younger cousin. But I miss it now, especially with my Dad gone.

[sophiesierra]

I bet she used to play doctor with her dolls.

[MrGeekFreek]

Are you the one who keeps putting Chucky back together?

[laneatkinson]

I LOVE that she uses actual surgical instruments to fix the dolls! I work in the medical field and it's so cool to see the parallels here :)

[kelpshake]

It's all fun and games until they start to move.

[MartinTabanag]

This is so cool. But not if annabelle is here hahaah but i love what she's doing. Is there a action figure hospital too?

[velvetmidnight]

Scarier hospital than an insane asylum

[jennymk]

I want to do this! I love repairing dolls. <3

[melododie]

At first I thought it was gonna be creepier. But by the end, it was pretty cute. I nearly got emotional. I think she's doing a great thing!

[michaelalbrecht]

Anyone else thinking about Toy Story 2?

[carlajabradford]

I love dolls so much I can't stop playing with them.

[Poustork]

Manuela seems like a very sweet lady, she cares about dolls very much. I normally find dolls to be a bit creepy, but this is amazing!

[Alignment]

i was there when I was in Lisboa last week and it was so cool and not really that creepy. would recommend visiting that as it also is a doll museum and they give you a tour with a nice guide

[drtyclwn]

They gonna be movin at night on their own

[sphynk]

Nice person but creepy dollls ahh really nice person but what language

[tfolyak]

That’s what she does for a living? Wow, that’s amazing! Great video