The Thorne Miniature Rooms

I visited the Art Institute of Chicago on Sunday and spent an hour perusing the Thorne Miniature Rooms. It was my 3rd visit to AIC and my 2nd time seeing the Thorne rooms. It blows me away that these works aren't more well known and aren't more prominently displayed in the museum. They are nothing less than a national freaking treasure.

It also blows my mind that apparently some at the museum look down their nose at such things:

I worked at the museum or AIC as we used to call it, and the major consensus was that the Thorne rooms weren't actually "art" and shouldn't be in the museum. - comment on Apartment Therapy Chicago

Grrrr. That just makes me mad.