The Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum - MECM is devoted to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting crafts made of wood and metal. It is also known as the Joe Martin Foundation Craftsmanship Museum and the Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum. The museum’s collection consists of 500 working miniature engines such as internal combustion engines, a Bentley rotary aero engine, radial engines, and many more.

Other interesting objects in the collection include models of cars, airplanes, and other objects, including a model of a 1932 Duesenberg as well as World War II fighter aircraft models. The objects are maintained in an on-site machine shop staffed by craftsmen and volunteers.

3190 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, California, Phone: 760-727-9492

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