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Information on Building and Displaying Miniatures of All Types

By Lesley Shepherd, About.com Guide to Miniatures

Improve your miniature collection with projects, planning and display techniques. Light your displays, build housings for your best pieces and learn to document and maintain a collection.

  1. Materials for Miniatures
  2. Miniature Projects
  3. Maintain a Collection
  4. Plan a Display
  1. Build a Display
  2. Reference Galleries
  3. Your Shows and Projects

Materials for Miniatures

Liquids for miniatures made of epoxy resin, tadpoles in a jar and iced tea

How do they do that? Learn to use new materials and extend your range of projects with confidence.

Miniature Projects

miniature needle felted raccoon baby and parent in dollhouse scale

You can build original, high quality miniatures to add to your collection. All kinds of projects in all sizes and scales.

Maintain a Collection

Cleaning Miniature Dollhouse Plants

Build and keep records that will improve the value of your collection. In case of accidents you may want to hang onto both the records and the information about repairs!

Plan a Display

Main items assembled for the planning stages of a miniature display

Proper planning can take an average collection to a much higher level. Get those collectibles out of the cupboard and on display where you can enjoy (and protect) them.

Build a Display

Miniature rustic mountain cabin with a front porch in dollhouse scale

Create customized displays that suit your collection. Every miniature deserves to be showcased instead of stored.

Reference Galleries

A shuttered market cart at Covent Garden in London.

Find your next project in the photo galleries. Lots of unusual buildings and items to use as a reference.

Your Shows and Projects

A miniature travelling sales wagon laden with baskets and dry goods.

Galleries for you to show off your creativity. Please submit photos using the photo submission guidelines linked below.

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