A video describes the Steiff traditions and shows how carefully and lavishly animals are hand-produced to this day. Posters, postcards, and booklets are available for purchase. The Animated Museum of the Toy and Small Trains is based on the private collection of George Trincot, a painter of international fame, purchased by the city of Colmar. The museum, opened in 1994, is situated in a renovated theater. A museum catalog and postcards are available for purchase.
Temporary exhibitions change four times a year.
The museum draws from the private collection of Guido and Samy Odin. The museum shop offers postcards, dolls, posters, and an extensive selection of doll books. The collection of the Museum of Arts of Fashion and Textiles is one of the most important in the world, ranking with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. With a collection of roughly 30,000 costumes from the 18th century to the present, it is a unique museum in France. The clothing gallery, with a surface area of 1500 square meters and permanent, modern showcases, changes its exhibit twice a year.