Thanks for your comment, appreciate it. I’m bummed you missed it too, but if you ever go back, please check it out. It was quite something.

And yup, that is a “giant” janitor mopping up! Kinda nice cuz it gives you a sense of scale. I too was impressed with the photographic cut-outs. And not just them, but the effort that must’ve gone into creating just that one scene! Actors, costumes, the photography, etc etc.

Anyway, thanks again.

I love the use of the photographic cut-outs. And is that a “giant” janitor mopping up the floor of the teahouse in the last photo?!

Of course, dioramas are okay in a museum. They may be lowbrow compared to art hanging on a wall, but nothing can beat their ability to excite the imagination.

The Hong Kong Museum of History has lots of dioramas, but they aren’t as populated with inhabitants as the Shanghai museum.

Thanks for sharing!