January 17, 2004

Visit to Miniatures Museum of Taiwan

 

Reporter: Jodie Cheng

By Jodie Cheng

Jan 28, 2004

Can you actually believe that you could wander at a French Bakery, an Egyptian House, the Colorado Mountain Street or the Buckingham Palace all at the same time? You'd better believe it! The scenes are all captured at the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan in a different dimension of miniature world.

As we strolled down the line, each corner was full of heartful surprises. The Dollhouse, showing every vivid detail on a 12:1 scale to actual size, was quite time-consuming to look into since all the objects were finely detailized. The creative Roombox displayed various intricate themes. We literally couldn't take our eyes off of them because all were just too adorable to see. A bottle of Brandy measured 1cm tall was filled with actual liquor sitting nicely on the beautiful shelf. Oil paintings in about the size of a stamp and the tiny little key laying on the desk became so realistic only in much smaller sizes.

Jan. 17th, 2pm, Saturday afternoon, members and guests met up at the museum, waited to explore the world classics collection of miniature arts. It was one leisure day since everybody was getting ready for the Chinese New Year break. As soon as our tour guide talked throught the origins of miniature arts, history of this Museum, and a wide range of themes of displayed artworks, there then we headed out for this "little" discovery.

Visiting this miniature museum was very much like taking the time machine, going back to countless exotic places around the world. It was the first museum ever in Asia to collect miniature arts and currently ranked second in scale worldwide. My experience came from this wonderful visit was beyond descriptive words. We all shared the same thought after seeing these precious collection of miniatures, "I wish I could become smaller and actually live in it."

Miniature Models' Picture from official web site of Miniatures Museum of Taiwan: www.mmot.com.tw

I learned to honor and appreciate the art of each masterpiece created by the hands of miniature artists. It is a mix of dream, beauty and mystery. We simply couldn't help to fall in love with them and enjoyed the pure happiness and excitement brought to us by these lively miniatures. It is a place where your imagination can get very powerful. If you haven't been there, try it and you will be amazed!!