There are over 150 dolls houses in the childhood museum spanning 100s of years, some very traditionally house like and others in more interesting formats such as House on a Bureau. There is a massive amount of detail in the dolls houses, from pots and pans, curtains and picture frames.
Rachel Whiteread has collected around 150 dolls houses over the last 20 years and in 2017 she curated them into sculptural piece for the childhood museum, the dolls houses were set out as if they were in a slope like a hillside community. They were all brightly lit but bare of furniture creating an eerie, nostalgic atmosphere. the variety of styles makes it reminiscent of an English suburban town.
In a film along side the installation Rachel Whiteread describes how she was always fascinated by dolls houses and the stories within in them and leaving them empty allows the viewer to wonder what happened.
https://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/exhibitions/placevillage/
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