Profiles more than forty habitat dioramas from the American Museum of Natural History, describing each one's contents and creation and presenting full-color pho

Contributors include Hugh M. Davies, Toby Kamps, Ralph Rugoff.

Creating a diorama offers modellers a chance to display their figures and vehicles in a realistic setting, often providing a 'snapshot' of a moment in history.

This book brings together in a unique perspective aspects of natural history dioramas, their history, construction and rationale, interpretation and educational