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Diorama
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Diorama
A three-dimensional model, especially of a real or historical event. For example, a miniature or full scale model of Appomattox Courthouse on the day that General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant may be called a diorama.


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Yet, for all who visit, the museum remains, above all, a visual feast, in no small part due to the vivid, lifelike murals that serve as backdrops to so many of the animal dioramas found throughout the great edifice's many exhibition halls--and no wonder.
Other highlights of any tour of the American Museum of Natural History are the habitat group dioramas that are located throughout its halls.
Custom Robo Arena supports game-sharing, local multicard play and online play to let two players battle and trade collectible dioramas, which are small scenes in which you can pose your robots.
 
 
 
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