The Ultimate List of Miniature Exhibits & Museums (80+ U.S. Locations)

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Alabama

• Ava Maria Grotto, Coleman, Alabama

Alaska

• Aunt Claudia’s Dolls, a Museum, Juneau, Alaska

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
• San Diego Model Railroad Museum, San Diego, California
• Storybook Land Canal Boats, Disneyland, California
• Model Town, Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, California
• Legoland California, 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
• Sunvale Village, Twentynine Palms, California

Colorado

• Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys, Denver, Colorado
• Denver HO Model Railroad Club, Depot Museum, Colorado Railraod Museum, Jefferson County, Colorado
• Tiny Town and Railroad, Morrison, Colorado
• Gnome Road, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

Conneticut

• Model train display, Danbury Railway Museum, Danbury, Conneticut
• Abandoned Fairy Village, Waterbury, Conneticut

Florida

• World’s Largest Littlest Big Top, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida
• The Suncoast Center for Fine Scale Modeling, Odessa, Florida
• Legoland Florida, Winter Haven, Florida
• Miniature Train and Village, Germany Pavilion, Epcot, Bay Lake, Florida

Georgia

• Sleepy Hollow – Whimsical Fairy Garden, Blairsville, Georgia
• Barbie Beach, Senoia, Georgia
• Doll’s Head Trail, Atlanta, Georgia

Illinois

• Colleen Moore’s Fairy Castle & The Great Train Story, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois
• Garfield-Clarendon Model Railroad Club, Chicago, Illinois
• Thorne Miniature Rooms, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (see my images here)
• Opera in Focus Puppet Theater, Rolling Meadows, 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
• Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland, Calvert City, 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
• Maine Central Model Railroad, Jonesport, Maine
• Fawcett’s Antique Toy and Art Museum, Waldoboro, Maine

Maryland

• Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, The Maryland Medical Examiner’s Office, Baltimore, Maryland
• The Scarpetta House, Baltimore, Maryland

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

Minnesota

• Grassy Point Railroad Bridge, Minnesota

Mississippi

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

North Carolina

• Mary’s Gone Wild Folk Art and Doll Baby Museum, Supply, North Carolina

New Jersey

• Northlandz, Flemington, New Jersey

New Mexico

• Tinkertown Museum, Sandia Park, New Mexico

New York

• D. Thomas Fine Miniatures, Yonkers, New York (see my images here)
• Gulliver’s Gate, New York, New York (see my images here)
• Miniature Train Layout, Medina Railroad Museum, Medina, New York
• [Temporary Exhibit through June 1 – 23, 2019] Hello Neighbor Miniature Dioramas, Garrison Arts Center, Garrison, 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
• Holiday Train Show at New York Botanical Garden, The Bronx, 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 (see my images here)
• The Troll Hole, Alliance, 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
• Portland Troll Bridge, 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

Washington

• Rubber Chicken Museum, Seattle, Washington

Washinton, D.C.

• Doll’s House, The National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
• Petite Princess Collection, The National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
• [Temporary Exhibit June 7 – October 14, 2019] American Myth & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
• Barbie Pond on Avenue Q, Washington, D.C.

Wisconsin

• Toy Train Barn, Argyle, Wisconsin
• National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Check out the international list here.