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Max's Wagon (miniatures museum)

The Miniatures Museum, known as the Carromato de Mijas or Carromato de Max, opened in 1972 on Avenida del Compás. It brings together 360 pieces made from ordinary materials: chalk, soap, pins, matches, toothpicks, breadcrumbs or drawing pins. The collection reflects the creator's travels and his dealings with people from all over the world. Among the pieces are stuffed and dressed fleas, a ballerina carved on a toothpick, a naval battle on the head of a pin and Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper on a grain of rice. To see them you have to lean in to the magnifying glasses and magnification systems. The visit is brief and takes less than an hour, in the centre of the old town.

Things to do at Max's Wagon (miniatures museum): 4 missions

• Find the ballerina carved on a toothpickFind the ballerina sculpted on a toothpick and compare its size with a coin from your pocket.
• Look for the Last Supper on a grain of riceFind the reproduction of Leonardo's Last Supper on a grain of rice and look at it through the magnifying glass.
• See the stuffed, dressed fleasGo up to the stuffed fleas in clothes and look at the details of their outfits.
• Find the naval battle on a pinLook for the naval battle scene on the head of a pin and say which ships or details you can make out.

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Source: Web oficial - Turismo de Mijas