Dioramas of walruses and coyotes are stuffed with things to think about. Inside the dimly lit North American Mammal Diorama Hall at the Natural History Museum. (Deniz Durmus) ...

Instructors taught kids how Native Americans made birchbark canoes before teaching them how to make miniature versions out of ...

Dioramas arose in the late 1800s, largely out of a desire to return to nature following the Industrial Revolution. "These are what you might call the earliest version of virtual reality," says ...

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

Allan Appel Photo. Michael Ortiz before diorama evoking Connecticut's Long Island shoreline. “ Absolutely magnificent,” eighth grader Michael Ortiz marveled at a representation of the Connecticut ...

Preserving dioramas of African American history 06:40. Look closely at this three-dimensional scene, featuring a pair of exuberant dancers. "You've been enslaved for 250 years, and now you're free ...

Head to the dollar store and pick up a collection of wine glasses, a box of sugar, and a few kitschy holiday figurines — or even plastic ornaments — for making these easy holiday dioramas.