Established in 1970, The Toy Chest was started on Main Street in Nashville, Indiana displaying owner Ed Hollis's model of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus. In 1988 the circus was destroyed in a fire, and The Toy Chest moved to its Brown County location in The Artist Colony Shops. In July 2014, Hilary Key took ownership of The Toy Chest. Together with her husband, Danny, and other wonderful employees; she carries on the Brown County tradition of The Toy Chest.