Angela’s first house was built by her grandparents on their dining room table, in the 1980’s. Once it passed through the many grandkids, she was the lucky one to get to keep it, thus igniting her passion for all things miniature.

She didn’t get her second house for another 20+ years, and while raising her daughters and working, lacked time but not the ability to peruse Craigslist. Over the years, she continue to increase her collection to the point where she could create a neighborhood, then, with the acquisition of a collection of buildings, potentially a museum.

The collection reached the point where St Husband, as she lovingly calls him, strongly encouraged her to dive in and make her museum dreams come true (admittedly, he was possibly inspired by a dream to get the houses out of their home). Buoyed by 20+ years working in technology, co-founding a conference to build better software developers, and co-founding a non-profit to teach women to code, she leveraged those skills to put together a plan and found a museum. Derailed by a breast cancer curve, she is once again back to planning, working with volunteers and making this dream come true to share the hobby and inspire future miniature makers. The museum plans to open in late 2027 to early 2028 in Salem, Oregon.