Miniature Parks Around the World
Definition of a Miniature Park (Source: Wikipedia)
A miniature park is an open space that displays miniature buildings and models, and is usually open to the public. Miniature parks may contain one model of a single city or town, often called a miniature city or model village, or it can contain a number of different sets of models. They have been developed as recreational and tourist attractions, with possible roots in Japanese miniature gardens.
Most examples are located in landscaped outdoor spaces, but the definition has widened in recent years to encompass large scale miniature landscapes indoors.
List of miniature parks
1:25 replica of Michalska Gate (Bratislava) in Miniuni, Ostrava
Replica of the Hillbrow Tower at the Santarama Miniland, Johannesburg, South Africa
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
- Miniuni, Ostrava
Denmark
- Legoland Billund in Billund (the original Legoland)
France
Germany
- Legoland Deutschland, Günzburg, Bavaria
- Minimundus Bodensee [1], Meckenbeuren
- Miniaturenpark Kleiner Harz, Wernigerode
- Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg
- Klein-Erzgebirge, Oederan, Sachsen, www.klein-erzgebirge.de
- Miniwelt [2], Lichtenstein, Saxony
Ireland
- Clonakilty Model Railway Village[3] Clonakilty, West Cork
- Model World, Wicklow[citation needed]
Italy
- Italia in miniatura[4], Rimini
- Minitalia Leolandia Park[5], Capriate ,Bergamo
- Sardegna in miniatura[6], Tuli
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
- Park Miniatur Zabytków Dolnego Śląska in Kowary
- Park Miniatur Latarni Morskich in Niechorze
- Park Miniatur "Świat Marzeń" in Inwałd
Portugal
Slovakia
Spain
Model of the Sagrada Família temple at Catalunya en Miniatura
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
An overview of the Babbacombe Model Village
- Bekonscot, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
- Blackpool Model Village [12]
- Bourton-on-the-Water Model Village, Gloucestershire
- Anglesey Model Village [13]
- Pendon Museum, Pendon, Oxfordshire
- Wimborne Model Town
- Tucktonia, Dorset, closed in 1985
- Legoland Windsor in Windsor
- Old New Inn[14], Bourton-on-the-Water, the Cotswolds
- The Model Village, Godshill, Isle of Wight
- Merrivale Model Village[15], Great Yarmouth
- Babbacombe Model Village[16], Babbacombe, Devon
- Miniatura Park[17], Cornwall
- Land of Legend, Polperro, Cornwall
- Usher Miniature Village, [18], Coniston, Cumbria
- Lakeland Miniature Village[19], Cumbria
- Corfe Castle Model Village[20], Swanage, Dorset
- Southsea Model Village[21], Southsea
- Southport Model Railway Village[22],
- Bondville Model Village[23], Bridlington
- Forest Model Village, Gloucestershire
- Haigh Hall[24], Wigan
- Skegness Model Village[25], Skegness
- Wistow Rural Centre[26], Wistow, Leicestershire
- Ramsgate Model Village[27]
- Hastings Model Village[28]
- Eastbourne Redoubt Model Village[29]
- Fred Slaymaker's Wonder Village[30], Polegate
Blenheim Palace (Woodstock)
Little Italy, Corris, Wales
Vauxhall Model Village, Vauxhall Park, London
North America
Canada
- Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village (closed) - Whitby, Ontario
- Woodleigh Replicas (closed) - Burlington, Prince Edward Island
United States
- Tiny Town, Morrison, Colorado opened in 1921, is the oldest miniature village and railroad in the USA.
Archetypal replica of a German village at the Germany (Epcot) Pavilion in Disney World
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- Miniature Railroad & Village, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania opened 1920s
- Ave Maria Grotto Cullman, Alabama, opened in 1933
- Roadside America, Pennsylvania, opened in 1935
- Storybook Land Canal Boats, Disneyland, California opened in 1956
- Panorama of the City of New York at the Queens Museum of Art opened during 1964 World Fair
- Splendid China (Florida) opened in 1993, closed 2003
- Forbidden Gardens, Katy, Texas, opened in 1997
- Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, California, has a large model town and railroad layout opened in 1971
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum, San Diego, California, opened in 1981
- Legoland California, Carlsbad, California, opened in 1999
- Legoland Florida Winter Haven, opened 2011, former site of Cypress Gardens first theme park in FL.
- Miniature train and village at the Germany Pavilion in Epcot at Disney World.
Asia/Pacific Region
Australia
Indonesia
Jambi Pavilion in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Indonesia
Japan
1:25 scale replica of St Peter's Basilica in Tobu World Square, Japan
Malaysia
Taiwan
Thailand
China
- Splendid China, Shenzhen
- Window of the World
- World Park[35], Beijing
- Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Africa
- Santarama Miniland [36] in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Durban Mini Town, South Africa
South America
- Mini Mundo [37], Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Middle East
Israel
Model of Jerusalem in the Late 2nd Temple Period, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Turkey