The artistry of miniature interiors in the style of the Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute. Big things can come in small packages, and that certainly goes for artwork as well. A local maker of ...

CHICAGOCHICAGO — Third-grader Jillian Beckman and her grandmother Sally Beckman peered through the glass, looking at the miniature rooms at The Art Institute of Chicago before deciding that their ...

CHICAGO - Third-grader Jillian Beckman and her grandmother Sally Beckman peered through the glass, looking at the miniature rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago before deciding that their favorite ...

Henry Kupjack admits when he was growing up in Park Ridge he didn’t much like telling his friends what his dad did for a living. “It was not exactly a good idea to tell people on the grade school play ...

Third-grader Jillian Beckman and her grandmother Sally Beckman peered through the glass, looking at the miniature rooms at The Art Institute of Chicago before deciding that their favorite tiny pieces ...

We look into the huge appeal behind the Thorne Miniature Rooms, and discover what's new. We look into the huge appeal behind the Thorne Miniature Rooms, and discover what's new this holiday season.

The Thorne Miniature Rooms are one of the Art Institute of Chicago’s most beloved exhibits: 68 miniature detailed representations of rooms that might have existed in Europe and America over some six ...

QI find miniature furniture and accessories fascinating. Some pieces I`ve purchased over the years are old; others I`ve purchased within recent times are new. Many of the recently made pieces are ...

Everything is a bit more magical in miniature. This includes the holidays. Lindsay Mican Morgan, the nimble-fingered curator charged with embellishing the Art Institute’s Thorne Miniature Rooms for ...