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The KSB Miniatures Collection

Admire impressively detailed models of everything from a Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen to the world's smallest Swiss Army Knife.

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The highlight of this quirky museum, which features 300 years of genealogy records and thousands of artifacts from Maysville, is its extensive collection of miniatures. Each of these meticulously rendered models of people, buildings, and furniture are precisely at 1/12th scale. Peer inside a tiny version of a Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen or, around the holiday season, Santa's North Pole workshop. The collection comes courtesy of Kathleen Savage Browning, who spent years bidding for these miniatures. 

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The KSB Miniatures Collection
215 Sutton St
Maysville, Kentucky, 41056
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38.648162, -83.767013
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