The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures
The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures in Tucson, Arizona will open a new temporary exhibit; Shaping Arizona Statehood: The George Stuart Historical Figures of the Movement West on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 to coincide with the celebration of Arizona’s Centennial. The exhibit will be open through Sunday, April 15, 2012.
George S. Stuart creates one-quarter-life-size historic figures of individuals who were the driving force that shaped history throughout the world. This exhibit brings together fourteen figures from his Movement West group that represent more than 400 years of New World discovery and exploration, carving the path to Arizona Statehood in 1912.
Among the figures on display are 15th century Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, Christopher Columbus, Pope Alexander VI, Hérnan Cortés, Malinche, Montezuma, an Aztec Leopard Warrior, and Father Eusebio Kino, defining the European conquest of the New World from Mexico into present day Arizona. Jedediah Smith, Kit Carson, Territorial Governor John Fremont, his wife Jesse Fremont, and Abraham Lincoln take us through the 18th century and the development of Arizona as a Territory, which it was for nearly 49 years before becoming the 48th and last of the contiguous states to enter the Union in 1912.
“It is one of very few Centennial exhibitions statewide to encompass the complete arc of the historic record of the Arizona territory,” says the museum’s Executive Director, Nina Daldrup. It will also be the first time these Historical Figures have been exhibited in Arizona.
Mr. Stuart’s life work grew from a desire to meet the artistic challenge of creating life-like sculptures of individual personalities. Since the 1950s he has rendered more than 400 historical portraits in mixed media and continues to create figures to this day.
In honor of Arizona’s Centennial, Mr. Stuart has designed a monologue especially for the selection of figures on view at The Mini Time Machine Museum. This monologue will be a limited seating engagement as part of The Mini Time Machine Museum’s first annual gala, Vegrandis, to be held on Friday, January 27, 2012.
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