Musée Cinéma et Miniature
Hyperrealistic miniature scenes and original film props inside a Renaissance courtyard building, with not a single figurine in sight.
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This guide to the Musée Cinéma et Miniature in Lyon follows miniaturist Dan Ohlmann's rule that no human figurine ever appears in his scenes, and traces his path from a boy digging streams in the dirt to a cabinetmaker turned set builder who found his form in 1986. Inside the arcaded Renaissance courtyard of the Maison des Avocats, more than a hundred hyperrealistic scenes wait behind glass, from a hushed Japanese temple garden to a candlelit Maxim's dining room. Look closely at the light and the dust in each box, where Ohlmann spent months on a single scene.
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