The All the News That’s Fit to Build: Local News Dioramas exhibit at the Main Library has concluded.
We'll be back with more dioramas next year.
Watch this space for information about how you can join the fun!
You can still see the dioramas online!
- Revisit your favorite dioramas and read the articles that inspired them in our online exhibit.
Diorama Makers
- Don't forget to pick up your diorama by December 12. Stop by the Oakland History Center any time the library is open.
2025 DIORAMA WINNERS
All of the dioramas are wonderful, but our judges thought these were the best!
- First Place
- The Most Sweeping Representation of a Historical Event: Houdini Wins Liberty Head-Downward in Air by Sarah Vyeda
- Second Place (and voted the People's Favorite)
- The Most Detailed Reconstruction of a Very Silly Thing: City's Nine Noisy Peacocks Are Sentenced to Life in Coop by Christina Limata
- Third Place
- The Most Relatable and Human: Man Jailed Watching Meteors by Adam Esposito
- Honorable Mentions
- The Best Depiction of Early Oakland Entertainment: A Chance to Brush Up on San Antonio Park History by Samia Khattab
- The Best Depiction of Animal Bravery: Dog Rescues Youth From Shark Attack by Jonathan and Santiago Lemon
- The Best Minimalist Interpretation of the Diorama Challenge: Found Some Silverware by Caroline Haley and Derek Vogel
- The Most Persistently Haunted House: A Mystery Most Foul at Oakland's Clarke Mansion by Courtney Minick
- The Best Drunk Animal Diorama: Seagulls Drunk on Seized Booze Dumped in Bay by Hannah Jenks
- The Best Depiction of a Natural Treasure Saved by Women: Why Save the Bay? -- And Why Not? by Dianne Ayres
- The Crustiest Punk Diorama: Yesterday's Crimes: Gilman Street Mummy Baby by Alison Rose
- Staff Prize (decided by voters)
- The Most Deviously Delicious Diorama: Hey! Hey! Pickler in a Pickle Now Over Pickles by Josephine Sayers
WHAT WAS THIS DIORAMA CONTEST?
Dioramas based on local news articles from (mostly old) newspapers!
Created by people of all ages!
All about things that happened in Oakland or the East Bay!
CHECK BACK FOR DIORAMA EVENTS COMING IN 2026!
QUESTIONS?
Contact (or stop by) OHC or M&N on the 2nd floor of the Main Library
OHC: 510-238-3222
M&N: 510-238-3176
eanswers@oaklandlibrary.org
