Tiny Treasures

The Magic of Miniatures

2023 INDIES Finalist
Finalist, Popular Culture (Adult Nonfiction)
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Over thousands of years and across cultures, artists and artisans have created small objects for many purposes. "Tiny Treasures" looks closely at some 70 fascinating miniature objects from across the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, exploring their meaning and purpose along with their often dazzling workmanship, and showing that the human impulse to create on a small scale can produce compelling masterpieces.