Trip Cost: $15
NOTE -- IMPORTANT CHANGES:
Be sure to have your GVR card with you for each and every field trip. Without it, you won't be allowed to go on the trip. No refunds will be granted for failure to comply with this requirement. To protect GVR and club member benefits, GVR has implemented a new process that requires each field trip participant to come into the club and scan his/her GVR card to confirm eligibility. We no longer have the option of typing in your name or GVR number – only the physical GVR card will do.
We will no longer meet in the parking lot. We will meet in the GVR Photography Club where you will scan your GVR card confirming your eligibility to go on the trip. We’ll also review important/late-breaking information, pair up drivers and riders, provide driving directions, and give participants a chance to visit the restrooms prior to departure. Again, be sure to have your GVR card with you.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You must sign up no later than December 20th so we can finalize our group reservation.
The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing and advancing the art of miniatures for all. The museum is a leading institution that celebrates, inspires, and connects people with miniatures. The concept of “the mini time machine” was born out of the notion that a visitor would be seemingly transported to different eras by the stories and history of the pieces in the collection.
The permanent collection at the museum includes more than 500 dollhouses and roomboxes, with each one containing dozens if not hundreds of miniature objects. Learn more about the museum here.
In addition to the permanent collection, the museum features various exhibits during the year. Among the exhibitions during our visit, perhaps the most impressive is Ray Harryhausen: Miniature Models of the Silver Screen. In a career that spanned over 30 years, Harryhausen’s groundbreaking “dynamation” techniques allowed live actors to seemingly interact with stop-motion creatures, dazzling audiences with special effects that would go on to inspire the work of contemporary filmmakers such as George Lucas, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, and Tim Burton. This acclaimed exhibition will spotlight his models, archival footage, artist sketches, original artworks, and film paraphernalia from the Harryhausen archives. Find more information on this exhibit here.
We’ll meet at the Photography Club at 8:00 AM for departure at 8:30 AM. Please wear your GVR Photography Club or GVR Camera Club nametag if you have one. For those carpooling, $5.00 is an appropriate contribution to the driver.
At the museum, a docent will guide us through the highlights of the museum’s extensive collection and bring the various displays to life. The docent-led tour should last 45 minutes to an hour, after which you’ll have about 2 ½ hours to explore the museum on your own. Use of tripods and monopods is allowed, but flash photography is not permitted in the museum.
Following the tour, participants are invited to an optional, no-host brunch at Snooze - Breakfast Restaurant located at 2500 East Grant Road, Suite 182 in Tucson at 1:15 PM. The trip will conclude around 2:30 PM and we should be back in Green Valley around 3:30 PM.
Tom Parker will be our trip leader. Contact Tom at 618-304-1456 or tparker324@aol.com with any questions. He will be disseminating more information to registered participants via e-mail as we get closer to the event.
If you need to cancel, please contact the Field Trip Co-Chair Lynn Rozema at 719-351-5193 or email lrozema51@gmail.com. We may have people on the wait list to take your place.
GVR requires that every person participating in Photography Club Field Trips must sign a waiver prior to departure absolving GVR of any liability. You may sign the waiver any time at the Club or the morning of the field trip.
NOTICE:
Last date to cancel for a refund is January 1, 2026.
All participants need to be responsible for an assessment of their mobility and health issues relating to field trips. Some trips may not be appropriate, but you must make that determination. However, the trip leader may deny participation in a specific field trip to anyone deemed not suitably prepared or able to walk with the group.
In order to participate in this event, you must be a member of the GVR Photography Club and GVR.
The GVR Photography Club is located in the Recreation Village of Santa Rita Springs.