Now on display at the museum, Loren’s General Store originally began life as a 4-room doll house over 40 years ago. While still under construction, his attention to detail was captured in the 1982 Spring edition of the Miniature Gazette, the official publication of...
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New Arrivals – 12 New Engines
Now on display, 12 New engines from the Paul Knapp collection. Builders include Seidel, Hoagland, Howell, Riggle, Schindele, and Washburn. For a short time, we will be demonstrating the Schindele hit-n-miss Power Saw along with our other small engine demonstrations.
Martin Foster’s Scratch built B-17G
10 years in the making, Martin recently delivered this exceptionally detailed model to the museum. He initially planned to build just the nose section but, in the end, decided to build the entire fuselage. Built to 1/20th scale, the fuselage is 50 inches long. All...
Just Arrived – New Donald Riley Music Box
The Toy Factory now on display at the museum is Donald’s latest Music Box creation. His journey started with plans he found at his local hardware store for a wooden toy train that he built for his one-year-old son. Eventually, Donald started designing his own Animated...
Introducing Brian Jacobson, Miniature Knife Maker
Brian has been crafting fine quality miniature knives for over 15 years. All of his miniatures look just like a full-size knife. Brian creates each piece from the highest quality materials with extraordinary attention to detail. Read all about his work here and see...
Blue Star Museums Summer ’22
As part of Blue Star Museums, museums across the country offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families this summer from Armed Forces Day, May 21, 2022, through Labor Day, September 5, 2022. Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the...
The Twin B fishing boat
Built by Ellsworth Orr The actual Twin B fishing boat was built in 1978 by the Sea Way Boat Company in Long Beach, California for Wallace "Bud" Brown & Wilson "Bogie" Bogan. The Twin B was used for both sport fishing and commercial fishing for local fish markets...
New Addition – Craftsman Style House
Built by Sharon Cariola of San Diego, California, this beautiful Craftsman Style house was built entirely from scratch, including all the Stickley furnishings, light fixtures and paintings. Even the wall decorations were meticulously crafted from scratch with such...
We are pleased to introduce you to Donald Riley
Donald’s journey started simply enough with an idea he got from some plans he found at a local hardware store for a wooden train. Through the years he has built thousands of wooden toys given away to children and built dozens of pieces that he designed from pure...
What’s New Catchup
Even with all that's been going on for the past couple of years with shutdowns, restrictions and such, we've still seen a fair amount of activity and additions to the museum that we need to catch you up on. To view a list of all of the exhibits that have been added...