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The Atlas Obscura Podcast · Monday, November 2, 2026

Queens Museum Panorama Features Detailed Miniature Model of New York City

Manuela Morales highlighted the Panorama of the City of New York located inside the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadow Park, which is a detailed architectural miniature model of the entire city complete with moving miniature airplanes and lighting that simulates different times of day.

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“It's the entire city in miniature. It's actually, I mean, it's so stunning. And they actually have little miniature airplanes that fly in and out of LaGuardia and JFK.”
Amanda McGowan
Heard on The Atlas Obscura Podcast — “Going to Bat for Our Favorite Home State Places”, published Monday, November 2, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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