We saw in the Ric Burns documentary, Coney Island: American Experience, that Coney Island’s Dreamland had a “Midget City.” Here is a news report, Ruth shared, on a contemporary one in China. It says: ” A community of dwarves has set up its own [theme park] village to escape discrimination from normal sized people.”
Local & Regional Potential Study Sites
- "The Witch City," Salem (MA)
- Boothe Memorial Park (CT)
- Farm Museum (NH)
- Historic Deerfield (MA)
- Mystic Seaport (CT)
- Old Sturbridge (MA)
- Pequot Village in Foxwood (CT)
- Pioneer Village Salem 1630 (MA)
- Plymouth Plantation (MA)
- Storyland (NH)
- Strawbery Banke (NH)
- WaterFire, Providence (RI)
- Waters Farm (MA)
Miniatures in Contemporary Art
- 'Miniature Worlds' an exhibition of seven contemporary artists in London, summer 2006
- "Exploded City" by Ahmet Ogut in the Pavilion of Turkey at the 53rd Venice Biennale
- "Inner City" a forthcoming exhibition at RISD Museum of Art
- "Qalandia 2067" by Wafa Hourani
- Althea Crome, "miniature knitting artist"
- Exhibition of Richard McMahan's miniature art
- Henry Kupjack's "Miniature Rooms" at the Rahmi Koc Museum, Istanbul
- Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities, 2011 summer exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design in NY
- Willard Wigan, "micro sculptor"
Miniatures in Museums
- "Inner City" a forthcoming exhibition at RISD Museum of Art
- Doll's House at The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Henry Kupjack's "Miniature Rooms" at the Rahmi Koc Museum, Istanbul
- Miniature Museum in Lyon
- Miniature Rooms: The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago
- Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
- Small Worlds: the art of the invisible
- V&A Museum Buildings in Miniature
National Theme Parks
- Bekonscot Model Village
- Catalunya In Miniatura
- Huis Ten Bosch, Japan
- Italia in Miniatura
- Klein-Erzgebirge Oederan
- Kleine Sächsische Schweiz
- Madurodam, Scheveningen, Netherlands
- Mini Europe
- Mini Israel, Latrun, Israel
- Miniaturk, Istanbul, Turkey
- Miniatuur Walcheren
- Minimundus
- Pirenarium, Spain
- Pueblo Chico
- Sardegna in Miniatura
- Swiss Miniatur
- Taman Mini Indonesia Indah
News
Open-air Museums
- Ballenberg, Swiss Open-air Museum
- Beamish Open-Air Museum, Durham, UK
- Boothe Memorial Park (CT)
- Chiltern Open Air Museum, Buckinghamshire, UK
- Colonial Williamsburg (VA)
- Edo-Tokyo Open-air Museum
- Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex, Bulgaria
- Farm Museum (NH)
- Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg, Germany
- Historic Deerfield (MA)
- Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum, Riga
- Mystic Seaport (CT)
- Old Sturbridge (MA)
- Poble Espanyol, Barcelona, Spain
- Seurasaari, Finland
- Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden
- Strawbery Banke (NH)
- The Old Town, Aarhus, Denmark
- Waters Farm (MA)
Professional Organizations
Theme Parks
Themed Hotels & Restaurants
Themed Parades & events
Vision Devices
World Theme Parks