Aviation
Models of iconic planes float in the air next to a real Piper Cheyenne tri propeller. Original fabrics from Amelia Earhart, the Wright Brothers, and Blériot’s planes can also be touched. Original parts and photos from the Concorde airplane are also displayed next to a signed X-1 model by Chuck Yeager who was the first pilot to break the sound barrier.
Automobile
A detailed model of the first modern automobile ever to be driven, the stylish grille of a 1930’s Peugeot 301, the history of cars is celebrated at The Little Museum of the World.
The Rise of Megacities
New York is shown growing from a stone artifact from the Lenape original people, to Chesapeake Bay trade beads which bought Manhattan for 24 dollars, to an 1885 American Committee Statue of Liberty cast metal figurine and a 1904 original photo book of the main monuments. An original photo of the opening of the Tower Bridge in London and a mesmerizing photo by photographer Bertrand Kulik of lightning over the Eiffel Tower show how European cities thrived as well.
Ethnicity
While the world develops, some remote communities from the Markham Valley in Papua New Guinea still have cannibalistic rites symbolized by this wooden serving spoon, while crocodiles play a central part in the art and culture of the Iatmul tribe there as shown by the carved wooden prow of a canoe.
Earth Exploitation
With new territories explored and the world’s new industrialization, the exploitation of the Earth changed the face of the Planet. As reminders, the Museum shows an oil company shares certificate, a gold weighing scale from South Africa, miner’s lamps from the 1930s, and Akan Ashanti weights. An exclusive mix-media frame called “Once Upon a Forest” of prints signed by real Amazon rainforest Chief Raoni, artist Roger Dean, film director James Cameron, and actor Wes Studi shows together the powerful truth behind the Avatar movies.
Explorations
A series of documents about the travel explorations with autographs from Roald Amundsen, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary, and Thor Heyerdahl. An interesting letter from John Von der Wall from Antarctica, and original maps of Africa and Antarctica showing unknown territories.
Photography
A history of Photography starting with an 1855 wooden chamber for the collodion process. More 19th-century cameras and a selection of Kodak and other cameras, including some striking models from Russia and Germany. Daguerreotypes are on display as well as magic lanterns and a stereoscope device.
Literature
Original books of Jules Verne are scattered around the museum due to his outstanding visionary work. St Exupéry is obviously present, Cervantes and his Don Quixote bring a touch of romanticism while a letter signed by Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime, shows her influence on popular literature. Two little silver puppets recount the fantastic story of the Mâhâbhârata and open up to the themes of the huge often unknown diversity of the world’s literature.
slavery
Slave bracelets and money, an 1854 original pro-slavery book, and the example of Wendell Phillips as a voice against the trade. A sensitive theme close to our hearts.
Civilizations
History has so many incredible civilizations. The Little Museum of the World has gathered a few objects showing the diversity of art from Ancient China, the Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Maya, pre-Columbian empires, Incas, Thule, Vikings, and more.