At 12:11 PM 6/11/96 -0700, Carol Mayer wrote: >I am looking for any information you may have on the history of >museum models (working coal mines etc...the type you press a button and it >springs into action) and or dioramas I am not aware of any publication on the history of (museum) models, but about dioramas you'll find useful information in: Karen Wonders, Habitat dioramas. Illusions of wilderness in museums of natural history (Uppsala 1993) ISBN 91-554-3157-7. As far as I know the most complete book on the history of dioramas. Peter van Mensch lecturer of theoretical museology and museum ethics Reinwardt Academie Amsterdam e-mail: [log in to unmask]