Pella Historical Society is hoping one hidden gem in the Vermeer Windmill is seen by many as they come to town for the annual Tulip Time celebration.

While famous for the full-sized Historical Village, the Vermeer Mill also is home to a special look at the Netherlands on a much smaller scale.

Larry Toom and Ivan Mulder are in charge of maintaining the Miniature Village, a scale model of a community in the Netherlands before the founders of Pella left the country 170 years ago.

“It is based on the Netherlands in the 1850s, that would have been about the time the Dutch left to come here to Pella,” Toom says. “Most of the buildings are actually replications of existing buildings taken from photographs or interviews with people who actually have been in the Netherlands.”

Hear more about the Miniature Village on today’s Let’s Talk Pella.