The Need to Keep: Works by Amanda Kelly
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What do the objects we keep reveal about us?
The Need to Keep: Works by Amanda Kelly opens September 25 at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.
Through meticulously constructed miniature scenes, artist Amanda Kelly explores memory, accumulation, identity, and the emotional significance of everyday objects. Her environments contain no human figures. Instead, accumulated possessions and signs of use suggest a recent presence.
From a coffin towing a U-Haul to a nostalgic pocket-sized toy, Kelly uses miniature scale to draw viewers into spaces often hidden from view. The exhibition invites us to slow down, look closer, and consider the stories carried by the objects around us.
OPENING DAY
Friday, September 25, 2026
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
ON VIEW
September 25, 2026–April 11, 2027
Tuesday–Sunday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
ADMISSION
$15 adults
$13 seniors ages 63 and older
$13 college students with ID
$13 active-duty and veteran/retired military
$9 children and youth ages 4–17
Free for children ages 0–3 and Museum members
Content advisory: This exhibition explores themes related to hoarding disorder and includes detailed depictions of severe clutter.
The Need to Keep: Works by Amanda Kelly opens September 25 at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.
Through meticulously constructed miniature scenes, artist Amanda Kelly explores memory, accumulation, identity, and the emotional significance of everyday objects. Her environments contain no human figures. Instead, accumulated possessions and signs of use suggest a recent presence.
From a coffin towing a U-Haul to a nostalgic pocket-sized toy, Kelly uses miniature scale to draw viewers into spaces often hidden from view. The exhibition invites us to slow down, look closer, and consider the stories carried by the objects around us.
OPENING DAY
Friday, September 25, 2026
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
ON VIEW
September 25, 2026–April 11, 2027
Tuesday–Sunday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
ADMISSION
$15 adults
$13 seniors ages 63 and older
$13 college students with ID
$13 active-duty and veteran/retired military
$9 children and youth ages 4–17
Free for children ages 0–3 and Museum members
Content advisory: This exhibition explores themes related to hoarding disorder and includes detailed depictions of severe clutter.
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Where is it happening?
The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, 4455 E Camp Lowell Dr,Tucson, Arizona, United States
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