Musée Cinéma et Miniature

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.