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Cinema and Miniature Museum
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Last updated date : 08/01/2025
If you’re a film lover, then a visit to the Musée Cinéma et Miniature (Cinema and Miniature Museum) is a must! Housed in a magnificent Renaissance building on the main street of Vieux-Lyon (Old Lyon), the museum welcomes visitors to explore the world of cinema. Come and discover sets and props used to shoot world-famous films, as well as miniature scenes displayed on the top floor.
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What is the Musée Cinéma et Miniature?
In the heart of Vieux-Lyon, the Cinema and Miniature Museum houses a unique collection of cinema exhibits that appeared in feature-length films such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Alien, Jurassic Park or Terminator 2. Visitors are amazed by the miniature creations of Dan Ohlmann and other artists, which are packed with detail and full of poetry.
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Cinema and Miniature Museum
60 rue Saint Jean - 69005 Lyon 5èmeThe cinema trail: a collection celebrating great films
With its permanent exhibition space covering 2000 sq. m, as well as several large temporary exhibition rooms, the museum takes visitors on an immersive journey through more than a century of technological and stylistic developments.
Cinema secrets are revealed through a collection of fascinating exhibits. Not to mention the film sets and the Wes Anderson exhibition.
Learn all about the special effects, professions and techniques used in cinema.
Among the exhibits to be discovered
- the camera used by Alfred Hitchcock in Vertigo
- Charlie Chaplin’s iconic walking stick
- sculptures made for Men in Black or Beetlejuice
- Robocop's armour
- an alien from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- a robotic mask created for Michael Jackson
- make-up for Mrs Doubtfire, Entretien avec un Vampire or Thelma and Louise
- special costumes from Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey or Planet of the Apes
- puppets from Gremlins and The Phantom Menace
- animatroni creatures from Jumanji
- miniatures made for Top Gun, Batman and Apollo 13
- accessories seen in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harry Potter, The Bourne Identity or Minority Report
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The miniature trail
On the top floor, you can admire the complete collection of Dan Ohlmann’s miniature scenes: faithful reproductions of living spaces to a scale of 1:12. These incredibly realistic micro-sets are shown alongside more than 1,000 masterpieces executed with skill and patience by miniature artists from around the world. These fantastic tiny creations show an impressive level of detail and exude poetic atmospheres.
Things to do at the Cinema and Miniature Museum
Take some wonderful souvenirs home by capturing magic moments in the museum’s immersive spaces. Photograph yourself in scenes inspired by Indiana Jones, Alien Queen, Jurassic Park, Stranger Things and many others, to keep precious memories of your visit.