The most enchanting pieces on view are those that recreate the play of light that characterized Daguerre’s dioramas. In one series from the 18th century, celestial scenes, dense with shooting ...

They decided on what Kuss calls a “Christmas Holy Land Diorama.” It’s 20 feet in diameter and includes 650 figurines, more than 700 feet of electrical wiring and 1,200 miniature LED lights ...

Of course, since this is a Shire wargaming diorama, an army was needed to fill everything out. Interestingly, war never actually came to the Hobbit’s pastoral home (in the movies, at least). And ...

After 364 days of antici-Peep-tion, The Washington Post’s annual Peeps diorama contest has returned with a sweet, sugary bang. This year’s participants drove the challenge to previously ...

The diorama “Lions Attacking a Dromedary” is seen on display with newly installed panels explaining the history of the controversial exhibit on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at the Carnegie Museum of ...

The head of the figure in the “Lion Attacking a Dromedary” diorama, detached from the rest of the diorama while it is being worked on before it goes on display, January 2017. Courtesy of ...

Generations of museum-goers have stood rapt before a 150-year-old taxidermy diorama that shows a simulated lion attack—and contains a real human skull. At the Carnegie Museum of Natural History ...