The Mechanical Man greets visitors to the Toy and Miniature Museum and provides them with an explanation of the differences between toys and miniatures.
Toys are playthings.
Whether the toy is a child-sized stove, a small truck, a baby doll or a game, it can inspire creative play as well as educate. Scale is not important for a toy. Miniatures are exact replicas of the real thing. A miniature must be historically correct. A miniature room or house must have every detail accurately reproduced for the era it depicts.