Tivoli Miniature World

Last updated February 25, 2021

Tivoli Miniature World was a theme park devoted to displaying 1/50 scale miniature fiberglass replicas of over 75 famous buildings from around the world.^[1]

History

Canadia Miniturama

Impetus of the park was another nearby short-lived attraction called Canadia which was an eleven-acre^[4] miniature village & horticultural park in Niagara Falls. The all-Canadian themed landscapes and landmark building models were at a 1:24 scale When it opened in May 1966, was the largest such collection of large scale miniature buildings in the world. The models were made of wood structure with a thin exterior of mix medium for the details.

In 1970, the park closed to make way for a shopping plaza that never gained city approval, with the property eventually being turned into a housing development. For years the Canadia Group looked for suitable locations to reconstruct the park. Only about 25 buildings were saved, and kept in storage in.^[5] In 1979 two of the models Casa Loma the Parliament buildings were put on temporary display at Tivoli. The problem was scale, Trivoli was designed in 1:24 scale, so the Canadia park models were way too large to match the theme of 1:50 scale buildings.^[6]

The Opening of Tivoli

Tivoli opened at Prudhomme's Landing on Lake Ontario on a 10-acre site. The park included fibre-glass models of the Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal and Mount Rushmore

Tivoli later moved to Victoria Avenue in Niagara Falls. It closed in 1995 with the models being sold to a company in Sao Paulo. Brazil.^[7]

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