The Ultimate List of Miniature Exhibits & Museums (50+ U.S. Locations)

My image of one of the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago

Welcome! I hope you’ll find this list of mini wonders useful. Each museum and permanent miniature display is listed by state. If you don’t see your state listed, it’s because I was unable to find information on any miniature display locations in your area. Know of one? Let me know!

Clicking the name of the site will take you to the official location webpage.

This list will be consistently updated here.

Find an international list here.

Alabama

• Ava Maria Grotto, Coleman, Alabama

Arizona

• The Mini Time Machine, Tucson, Arizona
• Thorne Miniature Rooms, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Arkansas

• Tiny Town, Hot Springs, Arkansas

California

• Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum, Carlsbad, California
• [Temporary Exhibit through July 7, 2019] Kaiju vs. Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys, Japanese American National Museum, Las Angeles, California

Colorado

• Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys, Denver, Colorado

Conneticut

• Model train display, Danbury Railway Museum, Danbury, Conneticut

Florida

• World’s Largest Littlest Big Top, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida
• The Suncoast Center for Fine Scale Modeling, Odessa, Florida

Georgia

• Sleepy Hollow — Whimsical Fairy Garden, Blairsville, Georgia

Illinois

• Colleen Moore’s Fairy Castle & The Great Train Story, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois
• Thorne Miniature Rooms, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Indiana

• The Museum of Miniature Houses and Other Collections Inc., Carmel, Indiana

Iowa

• The Charlotte M. Smith Collection of Miniature Books, University of Iowa library, Iowa City, Iowa

Kansas

• Kansas in Miniature, Exploration Place, Wichita, Kansas

Kentucky

• The Great American Dollhouse Museum, Danville, Kentucky
• Kathleen Savage Browning Miniatures Collection, Maysville, Kentucky

Louisiana

• Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders, Republic of West Florida Historical Museum, Jackson, Louisiana
• The New Orleans Train Garden, New Orleans, Louisiana

Maine

• Mini Village, Stonington, Maine
• Miniature Mechanical Parables, Boothbay Railway Village Exhibits, Boothbay, Maine

Massachusetts

• Animals of the World in Miniature, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
• Court Cupboard, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

Michigan

• Midwest Miniatures Museum, Hickory Corners, Michigan

Mississippi

• Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum, Gulfport, Mississippi
• Train Exhibit, Mississippi Rails Agricultural Transportation Museum, Jackson, Mississippi

Missouri

• The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, Kansas City, Missouri
• Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis, St. Louis Missouri
• Union Station Model Train Exhibit, Kansas City, Missouri

Nebraska

• The Kruger Collection, College of Architecture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

New Jersey

• Northlandz, Flemington, New Jersey

New Mexico

• Tinkertown Museum, Sandia Park, New Mexico

New York

• D. Thomas Fine Miniatures, Yonkers, New York
• Gulliver’s Gate, New York, New York
• [Temporary Exhibit through May 18, 2019] A Matter of Size: Miniature Texts & Bindings from the Collection of Patricia J. Pistner, The Groiler Club, New York, New York

North Carolina

• North Carolina Museum of Dolls, Toys & Miniatures, Spencer, North Carolina
• Meredith’s Miniatures, High Point Museum, High Point, North Carolina

Ohio

• Entertrainment Junction, West Chester, Ohio

Oklahoma

• The Ida Dennie Willis Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, and Toys, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oregon

• Train Mountain Railroad Museum, Chiloquin, Oregon
• The Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club, Portland, Oregon

Pennsylvania

• Roadside America, Shartlesville, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

• The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University library, Providence, Rhode Island

South Carolina

• Forde Doll & Dollhouse Collection, Hampton House B&B, Walterboro, South Carolina

South Dakota

• Deadwood Model Train, Deadwood, South Dakota

Tennessee

• Thorn Rooms, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee

Texas

• Town Mountain Miniature Museum, Bandera, Texas

Vermont

• Toys, Dolls, Dollhouses, and Automata, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont

Virginia

• The R. Lee Taylor Miniatures Collection, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia

Washinton, D.C.

• Doll’s House, The National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
• [Temporary Exhibit June 7 — October 14, 2019] American Myth & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Wisconsin

• Toy Train Barn, Argyle, Wisconsin