Volume 1, No. 18. October 5, 2001
Return visits
Miniature parks around the world (LOOP,
June 29, 2001) formally organized a new association at their meeting
last month in Rimini, Italy. Called the International Association of Miniature
Parks, the association has 20 members and appointed four officers: Rudi Rasschaert
of Mini-Europe in Brussels, Belgium, as president; E.M. Bierens of Madurodam
in The Hague, The Netherlands, as chairman of the Public Relations and Promotion
Committee; Diethard Humer of Minimindus in Klagenfurt, Austria, as chairman
of the Membership Committee; and Paolo Rambaldi of Italia in Miniatura in Rimini
as chairman of the Product Committee.
IAMP also put up their own web site, www.go.to/miniatureparks.
Here are the other founding members in addition to those listed above (to visit their web sites, you can find some of these parks on our Connections page):
Cockington Green in
Nicholls Act, Australia;
Miniature World in Victoria, Canada;
Pueblochico in the Canary Islands;
Miniaturpark Klein-Erzgebirge in Oederan, Germany
Modellpark Berlin in Germany;
Mini-a-thur in Ruhla, Germany;
Freizeit und Miniaturpark Allgau in Weitnau, Germany;
Rugen Park in Gingst, Germany;
Bekonscot Model Village in Beaconsfield, England;
France Miniature in Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France;
Parcs des Mini Chateaux/Groupe Durand-Allizé in France;
Mini Israel in Shimshon, Israel;
Sardegna in Miniatura in Barumini, Italy;
Miniatuurpark Appelscha in Norden, The Netherlands;
Catalunya en Miniatura in Barcelona, Spain;
Swissminiatur SA in Melide, Switzerland.