Details: A new exhibit, “Doll Houses: A Miniature World,” will open Feb. 5, 2010 at the Windham Textile & History Museum, and run through June 13, 2010.

Opening reception Friday, February 5, 5:30-7 p.m.

The exhibit will include dozens of dollhouses and dolls from around the world.

The centerpiece of the exhibit is a magnificent dollhouse recently donated to the museum by Helen Henderson of Washington, D.C.  Hand made in England and modeled after an actual London mansion that still stands, the wooden dollhouse is beautifully illuminated with miniature light fixtures.  Its twelve rooms, filled with Victorian-style furnishings, are intricately detailed and include incised wood floorboards, six fireplaces, a hardwood staircase with banister and mahogany hand rails (all polished to a rich gleam), and a working dumbwaiter that runs from the kitchen to the dining room.  The front doors and windows are glazed with real glass and the plaster decorations in front are individually handmade.

The museum is located at 411 Main Street, Willimantic, CT.  For more information, contact 860-456-2178 or 860-377-7755. http://www.millmuseum.org/