The LEGO® Millyard Project in Manchester, NH

horse drawn carriage on the street | The LEGO® Millyard Project at SEE Science Center in Manchester, NH — horse drawn carriage on the street

We spent the Memorial Day long weekend in New Hampshire. On the way up, we stopped by the SEE Science Center in Manchester. It was a small but mighty museum. What I didn’t expect to see is the largest permanent LEGO® installation at minifigure scale in the world. Like, whoa. The attention to detail is simply amazing.

a stage and food court area | The LEGO® Millyard Project at SEE Science Center in Manchester, NH — a stage and food court area

a house | The LEGO® Millyard Project at SEE Science Center in Manchester, NH — a house

a town parade | The LEGO® Millyard Project at SEE Science Center in Manchester, NH — a town parade

roller coaster | The LEGO® Millyard Project at SEE Science Center in Manchester, NH — roller coaster

the coal yard | The LEGO® Millyard Project at SEE Science Center in Manchester, NH — the coal yard

figures gathered at the millyard with the US flag | The LEGO® Millyard Project at SEE Science Center in Manchester, NH — figures gathered at the millyard with the US flag

The project was dedicated on November 29, 2006 and was built with about 3 million bricks over eight weekend phases between 2004 and 2006. All of the LEGO® bricks used in the project were once included in sets available to the public.

The installation at SEE represents Manchester’s Amoskeag Millyard as it might have looked circa 1900. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company was commonly recognized as the largest textile manufacturer in the world by 1915. The Amoskeag mill complex spanned over a mile on the east side of the Merrimack River and half a mile on the west side. This model represents a portion of the east side, along with part of downtown Manchester, the city that the Amoskeag company helped to build.

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