Welcome, to the Mott's Miniatures Museum & Dollhouse Shop^TM  "Virtual Museum Page" on the WWW!  Here you will find lots of information about the world famous Mott's Miniatures^TM.  There are even links to pictures of our museum.  Unfortunately, ever since we were kicked out of Knott's Berry Farm in 1992 we tried but we unable to re-open our museum to the public.   People came to see it by the bus load but were unwilling to pay admission.  We don't understand why the expected the museum to be open free, when you have to pay to get in to every other museum in the world.   The museum closed for the last time in April of 1997 and we sold the majority of the exhibits at auction in May of 1998.  Because we could not find one museum to take the entire collection, the individual exhibits were sold to museums, galleries and private collectors around the world.

     The Motts Miniatures Museum^TM consists of dozens of miniature exhibits from the Mott Family Collection^TM.  There are two main series of exhibits, the History of American Living and the History of the American Merchant.  The American Living series contains 6 American period homes from the earliest Pilgrim Cabin right up to a modern home with a working miniature television.  Three of the homes in this series are exact replicas of homes once owned by the Mott Family including a Civil War era home, circa 1865, a Victorian era home, circa 1900, and the Des Moines bungalow where Allegra & DeWitt Mott raised their three children, circa 1932.  In the American Merchant series you can trace the progress of free enterprise in America from the first Indian Traders right up to a modern Supermarket.

     Also contained in the museum are storybook exhibits, flights of fancy, and trips down memory lane.  There are also two displays of miniatures so small, that they must be viewed under magnifying glasses.  Some are even featured in the Guinness Book of Records!  Here you will find dressed fleas, hand painted portraits of U.S. Presidents on the heads of pins, hand carved ivory elephants in a bean shell, carvings in rice, the worlds smallest folding pocket knife, the smallest working tools, smallest working musical instruments, and much more!  "You Have To See It To Belive It"

     Operating Information. Retail Store is still Open Free Daily.

      The story of the world famous Motts Miniatures Museum^TM.  

 Pictures of the Motts Miniatures Museum

     A complete list of pictures can be found here.      

     Mott's 1932 Home.  See pictures and read about the Mott's replica of their 1932 home in Des Moines Iowa.

    Mott's 1865 Home.  See pictures and read about the Mott's replica of their Civil War Period home in Des Moines Iowa.

    More pictures of the Mott's Miniatures Museum^TM.

     To purchase a souvenir book or any other merchandise from the Motts Miniatures Museum^TM, go to our Mail Order Page.

Our Miniatures & Dollhouse Shop IS open 7 days a week right now and is still open to the public.  Our retail store has not closed!

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This page last updated August 21, 2004 12:00 hrs pst