Which Thorne Miniature Room is your favorite? 🏠 These tiny rooms have delighted visitors, big and small, since they first arrived at the Art Institute in the 1940s. Narcissa Niblack Thorne gathered a group of skilled craftspeople in her Chicago studio to create this series of 68 precisely rendered miniature rooms. Achieved on a scale of one inch to one foot, these rooms evoke historic interiors from across the centuries. Explore the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute. (Learn more at the link in our bio.)