Musée Miniature & Cinéma Lyon EN

The Miniature Museum and Cinema of Lyon presents exclusively two rare and unusual collections:

On the one hand, the miniature scenes of the artist Dan Ohlmann and thirty international miniaturists, representing 100 hyperrealist reproductions of our living spaces.

On the other hand, a unique exhibition in Europe, its permanent collection depicts how special effects were made before the digital era.

This educational journey, illustrated by more than 450 original film set props, unveils the magic of the biggest European and American film studios. The young audience will marvel at the famous R2D2 from the Star Wars franchise while the adults will admire the Alien Queen. Movie buffs will enjoy discovering Batman’s hood, Hellboy’s bust and even a triceratops head from the Jurassic Park movie, but all of this is only a small part of the collection! The latter is also home to masks, costumes, animatronics as well as fake animals created for many big Hollywood productions.

The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions such as the scenery of Wes Anderson’s film: The Grand Budapest Hotel. You can find all upcoming exhibitions in our news category.

Located in the center of Lyon, the museum is very easy to reach thanks to the TCL network using the bus or the metro, and even the old funicular.

Lyon is a city of museums. You will discover in the heart of a district classified world heritage by UNESCO, one of the most unusual museums in Lyon: the miniature museum and cinema. It almost seems normal that the city of Lyon would welcome this museum, she who saw the Lumière brothers mark the history of cinema.

Its ideal location allows you to discover the Place Bellecour, the Croix Rousse plateau and the traboules that used to house the workshops of the Canuts (name given to the silk workers). Close to the Place des Terreaux and in the Vieux Lyon, it is a must for any visitor.

Once your visit to the museum is over, why not stop in a bouchon, these traditional restaurants that are the pride of Lyon?

Take a tour of the Museum of Fine Arts to admire the great painters and then to the Museum of Contemporary Art near the Cité Internationale. History fans will delight in the Gallo-Roman Museum, and the little ones will be amazed by a puppet show. Finally, the most adventurous will venture by tram or vaporetto until the confluence, to visit the Museum of Confluences, the latest born of the Lyons museums.