On 12.04 Di Beach asked:

>2. When did dioramas begin to be used in museums? Are there any
>photographs of early ones (of paleolithic people) available anywhere?

Di,
Here is a book on dioramas which could be worth reading for you:

Wonders, Karin, Habitat Dioramas : Illusions of Wilderness in Museums of
Natural History. Uppsala, Sweden: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 1993. 262 pp.

Greetings,
Fritz.
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