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Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, Tucson, AZ

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Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures

A Tucson museum devoted to small-scale art, with hundreds of handmade miniature scenes spanning historic rooms, architectural models, and imaginative worlds.

4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive, Tucson, AZ 85712 · Tucson, AZ

About Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures

The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures in Tucson presents a large collection of hand-built miniature scenes. Displays range from period interiors and architectural models to fantasy settings and ordinary daily life, all made at very small scale. Rotating exhibitions feature contemporary miniature artists, including a current show of works that explore memory and personal struggles, plus award-winning pieces from a local miniature society. The museum also runs classes, workshops, and family programs, and it has a gift shop with miniatures, local artists' work, books, and souvenirs.

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