After spending a few hours at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum we continued our afternoon of sightseeing and ventured to see Michael Garman's Magic Town.
Michael Garman is an artist that has created a 3,000 square foot miniature city. In 1975 he started crafting the sculptures for his massive city. Everything you see is inspired by his life in various American and South American cities during the 1950s and 60s.
Magic Town became Micahel Garman's lifelong project. He tried selling his artwork but found he had trouble parting with it. Each piece meant something to him and he wanted to keep them to enjoy himself. Hence Magic Town was created for all to enjoy.
As you walk through Magic Town you will see shops, a hotel, apartments, alleyways and even a movie theater. Since we were there in October there were various Halloween decorations of cobwebs and lights spread throughout. The movie theater was even showing a scary movie in place of the normal feature.
All of the items were made at a scale of 1/6th of the normal size. As you walk through the displays you are mesmerized by various holograms, visual effects and sound effects that bring the scenes to life. The scene you see when you first look down an alleyway will quickly change to give you a different perspective.
There is a magical feel as you look into a window and observe the characters in a stationary scene, only to have the scene change right before your eyes.
We were truly impressed with the thought and attention to detail that went into creating every part of Magic Town. An entertaining stop during our afternoon in Colorado Springs.
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