15 Items Tagged

Microminiature Art

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Russkiy Levsha (The Russian Lefty Museum)

Home to artworks so small you need a microscope to see them.

roadside attractions

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Setting up a roadside attraction with How To! host Amanda Ripley.

The Podcast Team December 2, 2022

One of the detailed miniature scenes

Musée Miniature et Cinéma

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Tucson, Arizona

Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

A collection of 8 coffins with their lids and carved figures, found in a rocky niche on the north-eastern slopes of Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, in June 1836. © National Museums Scotland (used with permission)

Edinburgh, Scotland

Burke & Hare Murder Dolls

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

Baku, Azerbaijan

Museum of Miniature Books

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

New York, New York

Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum

Set sail on a small scale.

(Flickr/andreakw)

Brooklyn, New York

Wyckoff Street Mosaic

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

World's Largest Collection of Smallest Versions of Largest Things

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Permanently Closed

Lyndhurst, Ohio

Eggshelland

Annual Easter display made up of thousands of hand-painted eggs.

Kyiv Monastery of the Caves and Microminiature Museum

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

Sadorus, Illinois

National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

Nicolaï Syadristy’s Micro Miniature Museum

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

Clermont, Florida

Presidents Hall of Fame

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

A microscope focused on the leg of a mosquito - marching across it is a near invisible menagerie of colorful animals, from cheetahs to giraffes to elephants.

Prague, Czechia

Museum of Miniatures

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.