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Adults and children who love dollhouses, gardens, English villages, trains, miniatures, or an English tea will find something to enjoy at Cockington Green Gardens in Australia. Located in Nicholls in the Australian Capital Territory, Cockington Green Gardens is meticulously detailed miniature village set in the midst of a several acres of landscaped gardens with more than 35,000 flowers complete with a miniature steam train ride. The gardens have been in operation for more than thirty years. Family owned and operated the gardens was originally created by Doug & Brenda Sarah Cockington, the gardens is now a popular destination for tourists...

The Powerhouse Museum located in Sydney Australia is a popular museum with a
collection of more than 385,000 objects in the areas of history, 
science, technology, design, industry, decorative arts, music, transport and even space exploration. Some of the most interesting items in the collection are dollhouses and miniatures. The collection includes a modern dollhouse from Dinosaur Designs, a unique dollhouse from the 1930’s created from a packing case used in farming, a 1950’s tin Mettoy dollhouse, a matchstick dollhouse, a carved dollhouse created by Yootha Rose and the most famous dollhouse of the collection the Bosdyk Dolls House.

On the grounds of the Gilmore’s Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan is a gem of a miniatures museum known as the Midwest Miniatures Museum. Inside the museum are collections of dollhouses, dolls and dollhouse furniture and other miniatures. The miniature museum invites you to visit and see the history of art and architecture Lilliput size. The museum is open from spring to fall, opening May 1st and closing October 31st, seven days a week.

One of the most famous of the miniatures and dollhouses featured at the Midwest Miniatures Museum is...

The Harrison Museum & Art Gallery in Preston in the United Kingdom has a variety of exhibitions many having to do with the history of the area. One of the most popular sections of the Museum is the Discover Preston Gallery which tells the story of Preston through art work, photographs, memorabilia, historical artifacts, and a 140 year old dollhouse known as the Pedder Doll House.

The Pedder Doll House was owned by the Pedder Family who lived in Preston in the 19th century. They were a prestigious and wealthy family and Edward Pedder founded...

There are many books written on famous dollhouses around the world. Reading a book about well known dollhouses allows you to peruse the photos at length and get into the real history behind each dollhouse. Most famous dollhouses have fascinating histories behind them, the people that built them and the artisans that created the miniature furniture and accessories for the interiors.

A wonderful book on what is known as America’s Doll House, the Faith Bradford dollhouse, that is displayed in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History is America’s Doll House: the Miniature World...