Download our Digital Online Showcase 2026 catalogue Our 2026 Online Showcase catalogue is now available to download. A great way to prepare for the Online Showcase which opens at 11.00 BST on Friday 28th August.…

Sally tells of her love affair with miniatures & her inspiration for new designs. My first encounter with miniatures was when I visited Kensington Dollshouse Festival with a keen collector friend in 2001, at the…

Nagisa first discovered the world of miniatures at an exhibition. It made her want to exhibit as a maker, so she began creating miniatures herself. Totally self-taught, she bought a wide variety of materials and…

My own work is primarily created for collectors – mostly one-of-a-kind pieces and small limited editions, characterised by a high level of detail and realism, and by very fine, precise craftsmanship. I am fascinated by…

A few years ago, when I interviewed William Newton (the then curator of the newly refurbished Young V&A) for an article, he mentioned an amazing new museum that was being built in the Olympic Park…

by Dr Dalia Iskander (Associate Professor in Medical Anthropology, University College London) Around ten years ago, I was writing up my PhD thesis in Medical Anthropology. This was the biggest piece of work I had…

Or how did things end up so small? We have all heard about how dolls houses came about in the 16th Century; as cabinets for precious things & then later, teaching tools for young ladies…

Founder, Michal Morse tells us how the 1st UK specialist dolls house shop came to be. It is hard to believe that Michal Morse opened the doors of her dolls house shop in Broadley Street,…

Queen Mary’s Dolls House must be the most famous dolls house in the world.  The story about how it came about is well known, a gift to Queen Mary from Princess Marie-Louise, the house was designed…