Museum of Minatures, Tucson, AZ

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Well today's adventure was very fascinating.  

 

 The front entry door was fun.  It made me feel "miniature".  Ha Ha  I'm hiding the handle that you actually use to enter the building.

This is a full-sized violin with a miniature violin maker's shop in it.  The volunteer told us that each of the violins are playable.  Amazing!

This doll house is in the lobby.  The front will open.

This is the inside of the doll house shown above.

All the miniatures are behind glass so many of our pictures have some reflections on the glass.  This miniature truck with the miniature doll house on the back is so very detailed!

HELP! The chickens are escaping.

It is fascinating how real all the tiny fruit looked.

Each of those rugs and pillows is handcrafted needle work.  Boy your eyes have to be GOOD.

There is nothing to show the small size of these needlework pieces.  The frame around the cactus is about an inch across the top and maybe 2.5 inches tall. That should give you a little to relate the size of the smaller ones.  The tiny picture of the flower is actually stitched.  

The sweaters in the window are actually knitted.  I don't know how that is done. The blanket was actually crochetted.

Many of the miniature houses are representative of different times and parts of the world.

The house above had this garden on the back side of the display.

The above picture shows one side of this turn of the century kitchen.  Below shows the other side's detail.

This represents a four-story department store.

Here is the corner view of the same department store.

Look at the detail of this lacy bedroom.  There are even a dressing and sitting areas.

It is very hard to see the detail of the objects in this antiques store, but it is mind-boggling how such small items are made.

Look carefully at this picture of this bedroom.  If you notice there is a table with flowers in front of the fireplace. Also there are bookshelves upstairs with glass vases etc. See the pictures below for close-ups of those items.

Look at the stuffed chair, table with flowers and dishes.  Even the picture of the dog is sharp.  I wonder how the pictures are made so small and kept sharp and clear.

Here is the close-up of the glass pieces.  It is amazing to me how they make such tiny glass pieces.

The green ribbon is a normal size award ribbon.  That should give a perspective on the size of the bear shop.  

This is a close-up of the tiny bears and toys in the store.  WOW.

This doll store is about the same size as the bear store, so imagine how tiny the dolls on the shelves are.

Here is a miniature children's store.  It is probably about 12" wide by 18" tall by 18" deep.  I'm guessing.

This is a close-up of the tiny dolls and doll clothes.  Then there are little girls dresses on the round racks.  As you can tell I was blown away by the detail of such tiny items.

I put my hand in front of the window to show relationship to the size of this hand crafted jewelry.  See the tiny eye glasses also?

Again my hand is there for reference to size.  Look at the tiny Lincoln log house and the tiny Tinker toys.  

Tic took over a hundred pictures.  I decided I could not put all the pictures on the blog, so these are the ones we were most impressed with.  We were both amazed at the quality of the craftsmanship.  If you ever go to Tucson this is one place you should visit!
Our visit was at the end of the Christmas season and there were many Christmas displays, but since they are not part of the permanent display, I did not show any of those.