The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures is a fixture in the Tucson arts scene, and it does a lot more than showcase tiny versions of things.
The miniature museum is a true art museum. One of its latest exhibitions showcases signage of the Old Pueblo by artist Jorge Ruiz; another highlights the cultural history of Japan through tiny carved sculptures.
And it uses miniatures to help us all think about scale — from exploring the art of model railroads to the scale models used by filmmaker Ray Harryhausen to create to create “Clash of the Titans” and “Jason and the Argonauts.”…