Photos of museums' tiniest features

Many artists draw inspiration from museums, but for Sean Miller, founder of the The John Erickson Museum of Art, it was not the masterpieces in the Louvre or MoMA that influenced his work, but the dust that covered them. For more than 10 years, Miller has used microscopy to photograph dust samples from the world's most well known museums for his "Art Museum Dust Collection" project.

In this image, Microscopy of Dust Sample Collected from the Musee Du Louvre, Paris, France.

Microscopy of Dust Sample Collected from the Nelimarkka Museum, Alajarvi, Finland.

Microscopy of Dust Sample Collected from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., United States

Microscopy of Dust Sample Collected from the Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany.

Microscopy of Dust Sample Collected from the Barcelona Contemporary Art Museum, Barcelona, Spain.

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Microscopy of Dust Sample Collected from the Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola - Genoa, Italy.

Microscopy of Dust Sample Collected from the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Microscopy of Dust Sample Collected from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.

Microscopy of Dust Sample Collected from the Tate Modern, London, England.

Microscopy of Dust Sample Collected from the the Frick Collection, New York, N.Y.