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It took Ross Ward over 40 years to carve, collect, and lovingly construct what is now Tinkertown Museum. His miniature wood-carved figures were first part of a traveling exhibit, driven to county fairs and carnivals in the 1960s and ’70s. Today over 50,000 glass bottles form rambling walls that surround a 22-room museum. Wagon wheels, old-fashioned storefronts, and wacky western memorabilia make Tinkertown’s exterior as much a museum as the wonders within.
Inside, the magic of animation takes over. The inhabitants of a raucous little western town animate to hilarious life. Under the big top, diminutive circus performers challenge tigers and defy gravity while the Fat Lady fans herself and a polar bear teeters and totters.
Tinkertown Museum – A quirky, folk art museum in the mountains.
- Sunday
- 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Monday
- 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Saturday
- 10:00 am – 4:00 pm