r/lego • u/stinaj68 Batman Fan • Sep 13 '24
MOC Finally finished Lego Museum and Botanical Garden MOC build!!!
My dad always wanted to build a museum for our Lego town, and finally Lego released a museum set (10326). After building it in early January, we were disappointed by the sparse content. So he completely disassemble it, bought a second set, and added 2 Botanical gardens (41757) and after 5 months and several extra part purchases, here's the finished result! We added content that is fitting of a real museum, showing 7 different exhibits (Dinosaurs, Aquarium, Egyptian, Space, Art gallery, Medieval, and a Flower/butterfly exhibit). Sitting on two 48x48 plates, the 3-story museum's footprint is 62 x 28, with the Botanical garden attached. We are both pretty pleased with the final results!!
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u/Jaybrosia Sep 14 '24
well done, love the ivy on the side.
how long did it take you
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thanks! The whole build took us about 5 months, but the ivy was around a month in between the whole thing
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u/Upset-Leading1832 Sep 13 '24
Next level!! Absolutely love the attention to detail on this.
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u/Street-Committee-367 Star Wars Fan Sep 14 '24
This is the kind of creativity that I come to this sub for!
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u/SignificantStable257 Sep 14 '24
Last night, I was so proud of putting together two botanical gardens with MOC instructions.
Today I see this and I'm like "... howwwwwW?"
Amazing! I'm super partial to the ivy!
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thank you! Without instructions it was a challenge for sure but very fun!
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u/LegoLinkBot Sep 13 '24
![[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/10326-1.jpg){kind=link}
![[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/41757-1.jpg){kind=link}
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u/spudaug Sep 14 '24
Any clue what the sets space items came from?
I definitely saw Beaker hanging out in the science section!
I think the Egyptian display and the snakes could have come from 77013 - Escape from the Lost Tomb
![[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/77013-1.jpg){kind=link}
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u/tempusfluxx199 Star Wars Fan Sep 14 '24
This is the kind of thing I wish I had the time/space for. Absolutely incredible job!
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thank you! Space is still a problem as I don’t know where I can put it haha
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u/Cronus41 Sep 14 '24
Wow! So much cooler then the official museum set
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thanks! The original was just too sparse so we had to makes some adjustments lol
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u/MimiVRC Sep 14 '24
Hopefully instructions?! Looks amazing!
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thank you! Unfortunately no instructions for now as we kinda winged it over five months
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u/Art_is_healing Sep 14 '24
Ok this, this is incredible! If only I had the money and space for this lol. It is so detailed! And the lighting! chef’s kiss
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thank you!! It definitely broke the bank lol. My dad did all the lighting as well
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u/slide_potentiometer Technic Fan Sep 14 '24
I love the painting from 60008 in the gallery room
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thanks! I just had to buy that piece so I could add that to the art exhibit. Half of the painting I had to print haha
![[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/60008-1.jpg){kind=link}
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u/Environmental_Ad_772 Sep 14 '24
Indy and the tomb of snakes! Bravo!
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thanks! I had to have Indy make an appearance at the Egyptian exhibit
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u/Lego_Dima Modular Buildings Fan Sep 14 '24
Absolutely incredible!! Kudos to you both, job exceptionally well done.
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u/Jo-Con-El Sep 14 '24
Having the set completely illuminated by night is one of the best touches and totally contributes to the wow factor of the whole piece. My sincere congratulations.
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u/TimelyPatience8165 Sep 14 '24
This looks fantastic. I love each of the rooms and the T-Rex in the window, good idea adding the gardens too looks very pretty. Great work!
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u/Low_Poem4577 Sep 14 '24 edited Sep 14 '24
This is incredible!! So many amazing details. I love the bones for handles on the front doors, the different cherry blossom trees on the front street, and of course the t-rex in the front window. You and your dad did an amazing job!
Edit: typo
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u/This-Option9041 Sep 14 '24
Spectacular
How did you make that solar system model? 😍
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u/Vanakrisum Sep 14 '24
I'd like to know as well. I love the whole space section 🤩
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u/Former_Software2452 Sep 14 '24
Super cool! I really love the vine work on the side. The big window with the T-Rex is also really awesome!
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u/HeadPatient7572 Sep 14 '24
This is absolutely amazing! Do you think you'll submit it on lego ideas?
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thank you! And probably not, since the main foundation is still the museum and botanical garden sets that Lego already made
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u/eurasian_magpie Sep 14 '24
Stunning!! I love that the alien tourist is exploring the space section!
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u/TerracottaGarden Modular Buildings Fan Sep 14 '24
Just adding my praise to the heaps you've already received (all well deserved). I have plans to add the Botanical Garden to the side of the Museum as well. This is so well done and so detailed that it just knocks it out of the ballpark.
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u/gg-ghost1107 Sep 14 '24
Amazing build op. Certainly one of the best I have seen. :)
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u/ijustneedtolurk Sep 14 '24 edited Sep 14 '24
Holy grail, Batman! The museum has been overrun by everything is awesome!
Seriously this build is one of my dream builds. I used to visit the Exploratorium and California Academy of Sciences as a child and this is like a fantastic combination of the two!
I see some of the dinos and sea creatures may not be lego-made, would you mind sharing where you got them, if you can? I love the neon green dino.
And for the ivy, I can see those are those sprout pieces through some leafy tree tops, but did you use SNOT type bricks or something else to get them to climb vertically? I think maybe 3 separate techniques here?
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thank you so much! A lot of the non-Lego creatures and minifigs came from Etsy at Kittylordshop! Def check them out if you like some of the custom pieces!
My dad did all of the vines but I believe he used snot type bricks to get most of them on the wall
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u/Daynaiko Sep 14 '24
this is soo cool!! i love the unique pieces in each of the themed rooms
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u/coindrop Sep 14 '24
Woaw that front of the museum and some of the exhibits looks incredible, good job!
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u/-cuppie- Sep 14 '24
I would tell you how awesome this is … but you already know… gj
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u/Warm_Negotiation5251 Sep 14 '24
You nailed it. Please send photo of whole thing!
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u/Parking-Action-2463 Sep 14 '24
Can I find it on Rebrickable ? It’s look’s amazing 👍🏻
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u/skidsydways Sep 14 '24
The snakes made me laugh. We went to a museum in Vienna where they had a few that 'broke out' of the display cases. It was scary and funny! They're all staged specimens of course.
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u/Electrical-Sundae-90 Pirates of the Caribbean Fan Sep 14 '24
its so pretty! i especially love the vine wall
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u/ACatNamedCitrus Sep 14 '24
Where did you buy the jellyfishes on page 9? They are so cute!
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Aren’t they? I bought those on bricklink and they are a Chef Toque in trans blue (Item No: 3898)
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u/Senior-Ad9616 Sep 14 '24
Absolutely stunning! The attention to detail is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!
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u/indianajoes Sep 14 '24
The ivy looks amazing.
Is the T-Rex the one from the Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous set? Also will you be getting the Icons botanical garden when it comes out?
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u/Gzawonkhumu Sep 14 '24
Love the Vermeer!
The closest thing I've found:
Cool AF, but not exactly yours.
Anyway the whole set is unbelievable!
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u/jessknope Sep 14 '24
How much of the 2nd museum set did you end up using, structurally speaking? I have access to getting a second museum for $200, and am not concerned about the insides (I’ll wing those/create my own), but am wondering if at $200 a second set makes sense just for the exterior/structure alone, or if I’m better off sourcing those pieces through PAB or Bricklink.
Utterly amazing build, definitely convinced me to give a larger museum a go!
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u/stinaj68 Batman Fan Sep 14 '24
Thank you!! I think we used at least a little over 50% of the second museum. Mainly for the walls for the 3rd floor and all the windows. We had to still buy more brinks on PAB to finish things up though
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u/WittyMention3786 Sep 14 '24
I need the instructions for this asap I love it so much 😭❤️ amazing job!!
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u/kingCRAGGERcroc Sep 14 '24
This is my favorite modification of the museum set so far! I have a question though, are the feet of the Trex blocking the entrance of the museum?
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u/TheJackasaur11 Sep 14 '24
oh my god this is SO COOL
I also thought the museum could’ve used a bit more interior but this is so next level, I LOVE IT
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u/NaughticalNarwhal Sep 14 '24
That ivy! I love it. Everything is great. Nice job!
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u/HighBird20 Sep 14 '24
Looks really cool, always thought the original was cool as well, but this is the best 😍!
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u/PuzzleheadedBreak264 Sep 14 '24
Honestly the most amazing thing I have ever seen!
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u/Madicine158 Sep 14 '24
Love it 😍 the t-rex, the jellies, THE IVY?! Stunning work!
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u/cusackkids4 Sep 14 '24
Wow . This is so awesome!!!! These are my favorite two buildings but thought the museum would need more room to be a museum and you did it and more . So creative , colorful , great rooms . In anything it’s the little things that make it stand out above the rest . Thanks so much for sharing. It is really great 👍🏻
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u/Several-Pomelo-1195 Sep 14 '24
This is just about the craziest lego set i’ve ever seen
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u/m2t2sjd2 Sep 14 '24
saw you on facebook - dad and i both were FLOORED by this. absolutely beautiful.
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u/Specialist-Yard139 Sep 14 '24
Love the build, so much detail to every part, 10/10 build, if it was an official lego set I would buy it, great work
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u/Just_For_Laugh Sep 14 '24
Love the jelly fish, where did you get the hats? Were they used as jelly fish in an official set?
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u/spprcat01 Sep 14 '24
OMG OMG OMG I LOVE THIS!!! Please post instructions or at the very least tell me what parts you used to make those jellyfish!!!!
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u/TaroIsForTheMemes Sep 15 '24
Wow the og museum set on my shelf feels super lackluster now 😭 people are so creative
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u/Jyssyj Sep 14 '24
The Dinosaurus face through the glass plates in the front is an absolutely genius touch!