"Favorite museum diorama? " Topic

Museums often have three-dimensional, scaled models and landscapes (dioramas) to enhance the experience of visitors. Particularly well-crafted dioramas are often a special thrill for those of us in this hobby.

Is there a museum with a diorama (military theme or otherwise) that you have seen that is especially memorable? Please share.

The Roman siege works at the West Point Museum has always stuck in my memory. Perhaps not the most historically accurate, but still compelling.

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At the Patton Museum at Fort Knox back in the 1980s, they had a battle of Kasserine Pass in micro-armor. It was neat because to looked at the diorama through tank periscope lenses.

The Horseshoe Bend museum has a diorama showing Sam Houston crossing the fortification and being hit with an arrow.

Another diorama of interest that I have been intrigued with is the Dade's massacre battlefield museum. it was amazing how the calico shirts blended into the surrounding lights and shadows.

I think my favourite must be the Battle of Leipzig diorama in the Bavarian Museum in Leipzig.
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For the whole drama of of it Siborne's Waterloo diorama at the National Army Museum is hard to beat

The tar pit diorama at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh is the best one I've seen.

When I took the kids to the imperial war museum Duxford they loved the tiger tank breaking through a wall or house ? .
I took a picture of them cowering while pointing at the tiger.
I know it is life size but it is very memorable to all who where there that day.

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What panzerCDR said … I saw that one when I went up to West Point for my brother's graduation in 1983, and have never forgotten it.

Doug

There are quite a few around the Alamo. The one in the gift shop uses old Airfix figures.

The Colorado Historical society has a huge diagram of early Denver 1859 era that is amazing. They had a wonderful Bent's fort one but its now gone. They do have a nice one of Mesa Verda's Cliff Palace. ll Done by CCC during the 1930's.

The Tank Museum at Bovington, Dorset, now has a marvellous 1/1 scale diorama of a Mk I tank breasting a German trench. One actually walks throughout this, and I think it's a terrific insight into Panzershreck. tankmuseum.org/home

Staying at Duxford but just to the right of the Tiger tank, I've always liked the one of the British armoured unit traversing the bocage in Normandy. Figures by AB, I've noticed.

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The model railroad set up at The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

In Wheaton, IL there is a place for Cantigny Park. The had a housed the First Infantry Division museum. They had some great dioramas of battles they fought in. The Art Institute of Chicago houses the Thorne Miniature Rooms.

There is a small museum at the Newton Mass city hall where I grew up. It had always fascinated me from childhood till now, and I will give it a lot of credit for my love of miniatures. I found this article and photos hope you can see why.
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I'm biased, because I was involved in painting the figures, but I recommend the massive diorama of the Battle of Chunuk Bair (at Gallipoli in 1915), which is situated at old Dominion Museum in Wellington, New Zealand. This diorama, with over five thousand 54mm figures, is featured in the latest issue of 'Wargames Illustrated'. There is a blog at anzacdiorama.blogspot.co.nz/.

The Pitman diagram of the north bridge fight at concord. The artist had a small shop in Harvard squared and made numerous wonderful models. The diagrams in Newton mention early are by him. lots of fun details in this one including soldier knocking hat off of man in front of him.

Lexington green by John Shied.

Lastly the Edward Siren diorama of the Black Watch at ticonderoga. Wonderful full of great details. Created a life long long of the sudden miniatures.