Visit - Inspiration from New York City's American Museum of Natural History

Copyright 2019 Nicholas Kalis
Three dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History

Visit

Inspiration from a series of dioramas that explore the seasons of a farm in Dutchess County, New York. 

I believe my interest in dioramas and modeling were inspired by childhood visits to the American Museum of Natural History where I observed this set of small-scale dioramas and others.

Model makers of all persuasion can learn much from museum dioramas. Even the poor ones can be instructive - on how not to accomplish a story.

Warning - Some museum designers seem to be less enamored these days with dioramas - I take strong objection to their view. It was a travesty when a renovation of the natural history museum in Washington DC's mall resulted in the destruction of their priceless full scale dioramas.