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Visual Arts
6:00 pm
Thu October 25, 2012

With A New Name, The Toy & Miniature Museum Looks Ahead

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The museum is housed in a 1911 mansion.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Museum educator Laura Taylor stands next to one of the smallest works in the collection, a micro-curiosity.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
A pair of dressed fleas, dried and dressed and placed in a landscape.
Credit Missouri Division of Tourism/Flickr
Credit Missouri Division of Tourism/Flickr
Credit Missouri Division of Tourism/Flickr
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Thirty years ago, the Toy & Miniature Museum of Kansas City opened its doors, with a display of dollhouses, toys, and miniatures mostly collected by two Kansas City women.

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