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| A miniature village in the floor |
If you don’t believe it, you need to visit the Mini-Time
Machine Museum of Miniatures in Tucson. It’s a wonderland filled with miniature
homes, furnishings, people, animals, etc., all designed to tempt your
imagination,
The Array of miniatures is impressive, from houses to
castles to a floating market in Thailand. Videos located throughout the museum
offer information on everything from the history of miniatures to how to make
mini silver tea sets.
Some of the miniatures have movable parts, such as trains going
around a track. Some even have people waltzing on the balcony, such as the Wick
House, made in the 1880s, that is typical of a Swiss house in the early 1800s.
The multi-story house features workers on the bottom floor, soldiers enjoying a
beer on the second floor and waltzers on the third floor, all moving at the same
time. The figures in the house are not
moving today, but a video shows the mechanical figures in motion. The video
shows a complicated system of pulleys, axles, wires, etc., that make the
figures move.
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| A room in a miniature home |
The museum has more than 275 houses, each completely
furnished for the time period it is supposed to represent. They may look like doll houses, but no little girl would be allowed to play with them. These valuable houses are exquisitely
done, and provide a most interesting peak into the past. And don’t forget the
Enchanted Realm which displays miniature exhibits representing both fiction and
folklore.
The miniature museum is located at 4455 East
Camp Lowell Drive in Tucson. It is closed Mondays and major holidays.
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