Escape from Thorne Mansion

A friend of mine, knowing I love miniatures, recently sent me a link to a game. The object? Escape from the Thorne Mansion, an elaborately decorated, miniature world. If you have never been to the Art Institute of Chicago and visited their extensive display of miniature rooms, you are missing out.

“The 68 Thorne Miniature Rooms enable one to glimpse elements of European interiors from the late 13th century to the 1930s and American furnishings from the 17th century to the 1930s. Painstakingly constructed on a scale of one inch to one foot, these fascinating models were conceived by Mrs. James Ward Thorne of Chicago and constructed between 1932 and 1940 by master craftsmen according to her specifications.”

— The Art Institute of Chicago

Try it for yourself!

ESCAPE FROM THORNE MANSION

Photo courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Photo courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago