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Dioramas of walruses and coyotes are stuffed with things to think about

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L.A. County Museum of Natural History unveils three new diorama variations for PST ART: Art and Science Collide.

The boundary between reality and art is always uncertain in dioramas, says LZ Granderson .

Granderson: Dioramas are a metaphor of enclosure, as well as transgression, escape and freedom.

Jon Christensen and Ursula K. Heise : Sometimes dioramas can change meaning without overt intervention.

They say a diorama of polar bears on an ice floe hardly needs any changes in presentation or interpretation to take on new meanings in our era of climate change.

But they say they can learn from some of the ways that the museum is used outside of the museum to inspire innovation inside it.