One of the world’s top ten miniature museums is located in Victoria Canada. There are eighty-five exhibits here covering world history, Canadian history, fantasy, fairy tales, and even future space exploration.
I loved the nostalgic look at the circus coming to town!
There are dioramas depicting castles in England,
Germany,
and Canadian cities in the past.
Many exhibits depict the frontier history and development of Canada.
The museum has the world’s smallest working saw-mill which took eleven years to make,
and one of the world’s longest model railways.
These miniature worlds were created by George Devlin over the course of his lifetime. The museum opened in 1971 and George continues to expand it to this day.
Cheers to you from Victoria’s fascinating Lilliputian World~
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Grandios!
So happy you enjoyed & cheers to you~
How very unique!
It is one man’s passion of a lifetime which makes it even better~
I must go to see this place! I had no idea it was there. I love miniatures. Have you been to Madurodam in the Netherlands? It’s quite amazing. Also Canberra has one called Cockington Green.
https://www.madurodam.nl/en/
http://www.cockingtongreen.com.au
Alison
These are amazing. All the time I lived on the west coast and I never visited this!! Honestly.
I believe it and there is still time! It is sort of tucked away. I love the world of miniatures and have been here a couple of times. My husband visited for the first time on our recent trip~
Maravilhoso!!!
The details are amazing ☺️😍
I barely scratched the surface. They are extensive English castles and many fairy tales including King Arthur & The Knights of the Roundtable. I was probably most interested in the frontier history of Canada. All the major cities are depicted.
Sounds absolutely amazing! I’d spend all day there 🙂
You are like me! 🙂
For sights like this especially ☺️
Stunning! Thanks!
Thank you for the kind appreciation!
I love these, how detailed and colorful!
Cindy, my pictures are on https://inesepogalifeschool.com/
You are a multi-talented person, Thank you for the link! I am now following you there as well~
Simply wonderful imagery.
So happy you enjoyed. The world seems more manageable in miniature doesn’t it!
Fascinating and very interesting – thanks Cindy.
Thank you more for the thoughtful appreciation~
Awesome photos,Cindy. 🙂
Happy you enjoyed them & cheers Ranu!
The amazing part is the amount of fine detail.
Absolutely. I agree. There are 85 exhibits, all with this extraordinary attention to detail and working parts. Trains that run, lights that turn on, mills that saw, fairies that fly. It’s amazing!
What a lovely view of this interesting miniature world. Thank you Cindy 🙂
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
Oh you found the little people. Well done. 🙂
“Give the little Lilliputian man in the street what he wants”
“Whats that ?”
“Little Lilliputian women”.
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Keep taking the tablets. 😀
🙂 🙂
Fantastic models. Great photos.
A working miniature saw mill ??? Fascinating. Looks like we all need to spend more time exploring Canada. Love this one, Cindy. ❤️ 💛 💙 💜
Yes. The more I travel in Canada, the more I realize I want to see!
I remember the model village of Wimborne from my childhood. I felt like a giant (at 6) walking over the houses. Great post.
I saw one somewhere near The Cotswalds a long time ago. I know there are more in the UK and I have to come back to see more of them. I love all of them, but the one’s you can walk through really do give one the feeling of being a walking giant!
Very impressive and amazing!
One man’s lifelong passion led to quite a lasting accomplishment.
I live in BC but haven’t been to see that museum yet. Wonderful photos. 🙂
It is always interesting for me to see a tourists view of where I live. I never fail to see something I haven’t seen. You have so much beauty in BC, I can understand that you can’t see all of it.
The detailing is amazing!!
If you like miniatures which I suspect you might, you would really love this place. So much of the machinery and electricity work. It is amazing.
I fell in love with them back as a kid when my parents took me to Roadside America in Shartlesville, PA. It set off a frenzy of trains, model building, etc. Dad and I built everything from buildings to landscaping. A lot of fun.
I knew it! I think it is a amazing art form and your dad sounds wonderful. I can tell those are treasured memories. I would love to do a miniature house but I resist the impulse because I already spend too much on my full sized house! I could do a fairy garden though…….hmmm…
There you go, great idea!
This is amaizing and beatiful
It is and the man who created all this deserves lots of kudos!
Amazing, so precise in the details! Thanks for sharing…
Can you imagine, the saw-mill saws sticks into planks!
I can’t imagine the hours of work that went into each piece, let alone each scene! It has to have been a labor of love, or no one would have done so well.
The artist has spent his life building these worlds. 85 of them! I bet he’s a happy person.
What a wonderful life’s work, Cynthia.
Loved the images…
This is exactly what I think. I would love to meet the man who has created such an amazing legacy.
WOW!!! Thank you for sharing this – they look so life-like!! What fine craftsmanship!
There is so much more I couldn’t include all of it. The interiors of houses and castles with every minute detail is quite remarkable.
That’s pretty cool. The nearest thing I’ve seen to that is Madurodam in the Netherlands, and that was back in 1980. I didn’t know Victoria had one.
I have never seen the Madurodam except in photos. I would love to see it. I did see the dollhouses in the Rjicksmuseum and they blew me away. Incredible!
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Hugs to you my friend~ <3
Very cool! I would love to see that.
It is amazing to see in terms of scope. It is a huge Lilliputian world!
Fun!! Thanks Cindy 💛
You are most welcome~
Thanks for sharing it’s fantastic.
Merci beaucoup mon ami~
You’re welcome.
<3
I love these, Cindy, and marvel at the work that goes into them. The intricacy is amazing.
I agree with you on all points~
Amazing what they do with those Dioramas, Cindy, lovely photos.
Leslie
Glad you enjoyed Leslie & cheers to you~
Cheers
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The world in miniature courtesy of Cindy Knoke who is sharing images fo the Lilliputian world in Victoria, Canada.. such exquisite detail…
The miniature houses and castles were such amazing replicas. Lots of fun to browse here. Cheers & hugs to you Sally~
Such attention to detail must have taken years to build.. thanks Cindy.. goodnight. hugs
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Absolutely amazing. Miniature ‘anything’ appeals to me.
Your photos the exhibits are excellent too.
Miniature worlds fascinate. me too. We look at them and gain a different perspective on our lives~
It’s a Small, Small World La Petite Elite 🙂
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Thank you for this link. We will visit. Sounds fascinating!
Super… califragilisticexpialidocious … I know you know what I mean! How fab to see this in person. Great post, Cindy.
Cheerio Resa and I Know you know what I mean. Hugs to you my friend~ <3
This is a wonderland. I love the small word. I could spend time looking at small details for each one of them. I am sure those who love to do model train would love to see model trains running in there too.
So much working machinery from lights and trains to machines. Amazing!
So awesome.
So glad you think so & thank you!
Wonderful, almost I am persuaded to be a Canadian. ~~dru~~
Yes, I know what you mean! 🙂
Fascinating!
It is a place you can browse for hours……
Wow! It takes a steady hand to craft such small pieces.
It makes my hand start to wooble just thinking of it!
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So charming – you can get totally lost in these dioramas.
Easily, and there was so much more that I didn’t have room to post. The houses were remarkable~
I’d never heard of this amazing museum. Thanks for sharing some of my Canadian culture here Cindy. 🙂 And I’m surprised they allow one to take photos.
There were some glass challenges but thank goodness they allowed photography. This man’s artistry deserves some recognition!
Wow, how generous. And yes, I can imagine how the glass would present some sort of a problem, but you nailed it. Nobody would have known different. 🙂
I love this! Beautiful, amazing, and truly awesome…I’d never heard of this museum before. Thank you for sharing!
I wish you could see the whole thing. The fantasy and fairy tale worlds were stunning!
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Beautiful and breathtaking…this is one amazing museum! All that’s missing is Gulliver…bound and tied.
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They had Gulliver and the Lilliputians! This is not my photo which I cannot attach to comments, but here is an unknown person’s photo of Gulliver from google:
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Oh, I love that! Perfect!
Gulliver’s Travels was always one of my favourite books when I was a kid…this is great!
Thank you for sharing it, as well!
*HUGS*
I loved everything Swiftian too!
It’s all wonderful…..I especially like the working sawmill….it could be staffed by some reformed termites who have resolved to go straight…..
They are required to go to TA meetings 3x’s per week………..
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LOL! Termites Anonymous!
Hehehehe
XD
They only have plastic furniture at the meetings……..
Great! Thank you very much.
Very glad you enjoyed and thank you!
I would love to get lost in the land of the little! These miniatures are amazing!!
Did you ever read ‘The Borrowers’ books as a kid? They were about tiny people who lived in our houses, hiding. I was addicted to these books as a kid, so I could get easily lost in the land of the littles with you!
No, but you’ve piqued my interest, I may have to check them out!!
Just watch the Japanese movie ‘Arietty.’ It is the most artistically beautiful movie I have ever seen and it is about The Borrowers~
OK, but I’d still love to read the books!
They are great fun~
This man has done some very beautiful, intricate work. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Thank you for appreciating his artistry & cheers to you Lavinia~
Don’t know how we missed that in Victoria, Cindy. It will be on our itinerary next time! Thanks. –Curt
There is so much more to see then my few photos. I think you will be impressed~
This brings back so many childhood dreams, I can’t even begin to count… 🙂
Yes, happy memories of hours spent in imaginative play!