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The Need to Keep: Works by Amanda Kelly

The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures · Tucson

Temporary exhibition of miniaturist Amanda Kelly's one-inch and 1:18-scale rooms and vignettes about memory, accumulation, anxiety and hoarding disorder, on view through June 20, 2027. Seen with regular admission alongside the museum's permanent dollhouse and room-box collection.

When

• Fri, Oct 30Museum open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; last admission 3:30 p.m.
• Sat, Oct 31Museum open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; last admission 3:30 p.m.
  Separately ticketed Yoga at the Museum runs 4:15–5:15 p.m. in the galleries.
• Sun, Nov 1Museum open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; last admission 3:30 p.m.

Dates are derived from a published season and weekly operating schedule, not listed individually.

Getting in

Museum admission: $15 adults, $13 seniors 62+/college students with ID/military, $9 ages 4–17, $3 Museums for All (SNAP/EBT/WIC, in person); members free. No separate exhibition fee is advertised.

Walk-in or buy online; general admission ends 3:30 p.m. Phone 520-881-0606.

• Also on view with admission: Ara Bentley's Beetlejuice House & Addams Family Mini Mansion, opened Oct 20, 2026.
• Yoga at the Museum on Sat Oct 31, 4:15–5:15 p.m., is a separate program after general admission ends.
• Museums for All $3 tickets are sold in person only with a SNAP, EBT or WIC card.

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Where

Sources

1. theminitimemachine.org venue
   Exhibition dates September 25, 2026–June 20, 2027; also lists Ara Bentley: The Beetlejuice House & Addams Family Mini Mansion from October 20, 2026; hours Tue–Sun 9am–4pm, closed Mondays; admission $15/$13/$9/$3; address 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive; Yoga at the Museum Oct 31 4:15–5:15 pm.
2. theminitimemachine.org venue
   Exhibition dates September 25, 2026 – June 20, 2027; content (one-inch and 1:18-scale rooms and vignettes on social isolation, anxiety, Hoarding Disorder, memory and accumulation); no related events listed; no separate fee.
3. theminitimemachine.org venue
   Hours Tue–Sun 9am–4pm, general admission ends 3:30 PM, price tiers, members free, holiday closures (4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve/Day, New Year's; none in late Oct/early Nov).
4. theminitimemachine.org venue
   Only dated program in the window is Yoga at the Museum, Sat Oct 31, 2026, 4:15–5:15 pm; no events Oct 29–30 or Nov 1–2.
5. theminitimemachine.org venue
   The Need to Keep is listed first among current exhibitions.