51 Items Tagged

Models

Texas City, Texas

Texas City Museum

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

Added by avance

Evanston, Illinois

Little Northwestern

A student designed this 3D-printed scale replica of the entire university campus.

Added by Anthony Settipani

Stockholm, Sweden

Lego Swedish 1-M Solar Telescope

A 1:42 scale model of the world's second largest lensed telescope.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Acton, Australia

Australian National University Classics Museum

A little-known museum of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek artifacts.

Added by CaitlinSetnicar

Bringing Life Back to a Massive Miniature of Hollywood's Heyday

This model city is ready for its close-up.

December 20, 2018

Stockholm, Sweden

Lego Åhléns City

A miniature model of the iconic Stockholm department store.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Futura CDMX

A detailed model of Mexico City is the star attraction within this interactive exhibit inside an old theater.

Mario Yair TS

Added by Mario Yair TS

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tiny Hidden Houses on Westerstraat

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

Poupee Mecanique

Added by Poupee Mecanique

Garching bei München, Germany

LEGO Very Large Telescope

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

A Close-Up Look at Rare 17th-Century Anatomical Manikins

The true purpose of these objects remains something of a mystery.

September 17, 2018

Miniature Models of History's Most Famous Photographs

A pair of artists spent years recreating these iconic images in three dimensions.

Florence, Italy

Gipsoteca Bartolini

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Meg

Chiloquin, Oregon

Train Mountain Railroad

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

Added by Ashawnta

frank lloyd wright

See Scale Models of the Greatest Skyscrapers Never Built

A new exhibition is full of diminutive versions of big buildings and even bigger ideas.

December 04, 2017

How a Flipped-Over Giant Tortoise Gets Its Feet Back on the Ground

And why some find it harder than others.

December 01, 2017

Greenbelt, Maryland

Greenbelt Historic District

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

Added by Elliot Carter

Washington, D.C.

USS Missouri Model Ship

The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.

Added by Elliot Carter

Darlington, England

Brick Train

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman