Up until that time, those concerned with the preservation of historic architecture took the space-gobbling approach of full-scale preservation, but the development of miniatures made of authentic materials and reduced to a rigorously exact scale now presented a new option for the preservation of historic structures. The space-saving miniatures made it easier to preserve and restore buildings.
當時傳統城市歷史建築的保存計畫是耗費空間的一比一等比保存方式，袖珍藝術的傳入讓歷史文物保存有了另一種可能，娃娃屋固定比例與真材實料的特性，使古物復原與保存較為容易、不占空間，而袖珍藝術也因歷史界的大量應用，製作技術突飛猛進。