The following thesis covers the story of the Toy Library Hapi which I managed for 16 years. The toy library provided a space, aimed at children, that offered toys and games and promoted play and interaction. Of all the materials available to recollect that experience, photography emerged as the key element. This process urged an in-depth study of the theories relating to the concepts of history; memory, narrative, toy and children s play culture. In a way, the thesis is a polyphonic text where a few, prominent voices can be heard: authors like Walter Benjamin, Maurice Halbwachs, Mikail Bakhtin, Hannah Arendt, Roland Barthes, Gilles Brougère, Beatriz Sarlo, Jeanne Marie Gagnebin, Ecléa Bosi, Gilberto Velho, Boris Kossoy, Miriam Moreira Leite; amid others. The aim of the Toy Library was to be an open portal to the museums, but it revealed itself to be a wider project and created a pedagogy of play associated to a pedagogy of image, with the intention of preserving an abstract legacy that is to play. Moreover, the study shows how important a dialogue between generations is to the recognition that all these recollected stories have a commitment to the future. Lastly, it becomes evident that the work developed with the children and their families, in toy libraries such as Hapi, constitutes a rich path in the struggle against the impoverishment of experience (Verfall der Erfahrung), engendered by contemporary society as enunciated by Walter Benjamin.