Phoenix Art Museum Part 2 Mr Thorne's Miniature Rooms Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

The Thorne Rooms represent a fascinating world in miniature. Creating at an exacting scale of one inch to one feet, several of the rooms replicate actual rooms found in the United States and Europe, while the remainder were inspired by the architecture and interior design of their respective period and countries.
These rooms were conceived, design and in large part crafted by Narcissa Niblack Throne (1882-1966). An Indian native. Thorne began to collect miniature furniture and household accessories during her travel to Europe and Asia shortly after the turn of the 20th century.
Her hope was that rooms in miniature could substitute for the costly and space-consuming full-scale period rooms that had become popular attractions in museums across the country.
The original 30 Thorne Miniature Rooms were displayed at the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition and gained national attention when featured in a 1940 LIFE Magazine article. In 1962, Thorne donated 16 of the original 30 rooms to Phoenix Art Museum, then celebrating its third anniversary, and in the 1970s, she donated an additional four. These works have been on view ever since.