L’Iber Museo de los Solditos de Plomo in Valencia is a museum displaying over a million miniature tin soldiers! They represent the military of many different countries, from many different eras. Mike Powell and Jürgen Horn got a chance to visit and take pictures.
The scope of L’Iber’s collection is breathtaking, with over a dozen rooms loosely organized by time period. There are rooms dedicated to World War I, Napoleon, and Ancient Rome, and you can find almost every kind of soldier imaginable, from US Confederates to ancient Egyptians. You’ll see prehistoric hunters bringing down a mammoth, medieval warriors laying siege to walled cities, and a darling little Francisco Franco protected by his fearsome Moorish Guard.
Some are in glass display cases, some are on the march, and some are engaged in battle in huge dioramas set up for visitors to study. See pictures of this amazing collection at For 91 Days.