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Closeup of the elephant herd.
New York, New York

African Elephants Diorama

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.
Jackals, marabou stork, and raven awaiting their turn.
New York, New York

Scavenger Taxidermy Diorama

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.
The okapi diorama.
New York, New York

Okapi Taxidermy Diorama

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.
Diorama depicting the sambar deer and Asiatic wild dog.
New York, New York

Sambar and Wild Dog Diorama

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
Mountain gorilla at the American Museum of Natural History.
New York, New York

Gorilla Diorama

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.
The Komodo dragon diorama.
New York, New York

Komodo Dragon Diorama

Here be dragons.
Video • AO Docs

A Journey Through Black History in Miniature

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Hall of North American Mammals
New York, New York

Hall of North American Mammals

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.
Notice the magic carpet rider can be seen in the top right.
New York, New York

Flying Carpet Over Isfahan

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.
Overcoming "separate but equal."
Montevallo, Alabama

Pettus Randall Miniature Museum of American History

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.
The German forest.
Darmstadt, Germany

The Darmstadt Dioramas

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.
Permanently Closed
Reproduction of the Taj Mahal, displayed in the museum's previous location in Cholula.
Puebla, Mexico

Museum of Miniatures

Hidden inside a hotel is a museum of miniature models depicting the traditions and history of Mexico.
Chicago, Illinois

N. W. Harris Learning Collection

Where dioramas can follow you home.
Look for the gnome!
Denver, Colorado

Hidden Elves at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.
Cambridge, Ohio

Dickens Victorian Village

Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.
<em>Kitchen</em>, c. 1944–46.
31 days of halloween

The Grim Crime-Scene Dollhouses Made by the ‘Mother of Forensics’

They're perfectly to scale, and all based on real cases.
Anika Burgess October 6, 2017
Toy Train Barn, Argyle Wisconsin
Argyle, Wisconsin

Toy Train Barn

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.
Taxidermied frogs spend a day on the lake at Froggyland.
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9 of the Strangest and Loveliest Dioramas You'll Ever See

Behold the intricate detail of these exquisite miniature worlds.
Meg Neal March 6, 2017