After Finding 200 Rare Dolls During Renovation, Woman Discovers Her New Home Once Was Doll Museum

When Sara Ahmed found a house in Sugar Land, Texas, that she loved, she didn’t know she’d be getting an important collection along with the building.

The home was different, and part of that difference was 300 boxes of possessions from the former resident.

To some, that might have been a deal-breaker, but as Ahmed went through the boxes during her renovation of the home, a beautiful story started to emerge.

The former owner, Phyllis Hunter, had passed away in 2018, leaving behind many of her prized possessions.

“It was really cool because you found these amazing love letters from the ’60s, and I found this timeline of their family dating back to like 1865,” Ahmed said, according to story Wednesday by KRIV-TV.

But the biggest discovery in those 300 boxes were about 200 rare, vintage dolls. As Ahmed continued investigating, she learned that the unique home she’d fallen in love with had once been the Black Like Me Doll Museum and once had featured about 6,000 dolls.

Things started to make sense. The rare dolls Ahmed was unboxing were gorgeous works of art that deserved to be admired.

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“These were not your typical Barbies that you picked up at Toys R Us,” she said. “They were just so intricate; they had costumes and jewels.”