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Photos: Miniature Museums

  • Jun 13, 2013
  • Jun 13, 2013 Updated Jun 13, 2013

The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, 4455 East Camp Lowell Drive, houses an impressive collection of miniatures featuring craftsmanship dating from the 1700s.

Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

This 18th-century violin makers shop by W. Foster Tracy, 1979, is an miniature built inside a full size violin on display at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, 4455 East Camp Lowell Drive, on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 in Tucson, AZ. All completed instruments and tools are fully functional in this model.

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

Suzie Jones and her children spent hours exploring the The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. The family, from Maricopa, AZ was in town while dad was at a conference.

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

Automated house, front view, by Emil Wick ca.1885 sits on a rotating display in the History Gallery at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. This three-story wooden house or hotel is populated with mechanical figures animated by a key wound and weight driven mechanism inside the cabinet base which encases a music cylinder that chimes two different tunes.

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

Automated house, back view, by Emil Wick ca.1885 sits on a rotating display in the History Galleryat The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. This three-story wooden house or hotel is populated with mechanical figures animated by a key wound and weight driven mechanism inside the cabinet base which encases a music cylinder that chimes two different tunes.

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

Alderly Manor, acquired in 1985, is a multi-story English tutor house furnished and occupied during Edwardian times on display at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, 4455 East Camp Lowell Drive.

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

This piece is 1920s Wedding Reception, by Lady Jane, 1992, on display in the Exploring the World Gallery at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

Dogs Playing Poker by Gail Morey is one of several miniature vignettes of dog life in the Enchanted Realm Gallery at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

A Haunted Mansion by Bill Langford looms in the Enchanted Realm Gallery at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

Coven of Witches by Marcia Backstrom, 2006, at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

Detail from the Daneway House, a baby house built around 1775 on display at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of Miniatures

The rotunda leads to several galleries of different types and styles of miniatures at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, 4455 East Camp Lowell Drive.

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