myrioramas

Noun

myriorama (plural myrioramas)

1. A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate cards so that they can be combined in many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes or landscapes.
   • In 1825, Brès would produce the ultimate myriorama—a 36-card componium Pittoresque.2005, Print Quarterly - Volume 22, Issue 4, page 447
2. A traveling roadshow in the late 19th century featuring painted canvases that move on rollers to music (panoramas), reenactments of historical events with moving models (dioramas), variety acts, and lectures, all accompanied by sound effects, light effects, and smoke.
   • In September 1900, the Ipswich Journal reported that a demonstration of Poole's Myriorama had taken place at the public hall: 'Whenever Mr Joseph Poole comes to Ipswich with his famous myriorama, the public can rely on seeing something new, and this is the secret of its popularity.'2015, Susan Gardiner, Secret Ipswich
3. (figuratively) A shifting collection of ideas, locations, descriptions, or experiences.
   • Before He spake however, something seemed to say, Or intimate, that one superior mind Was near, or coming, and a view of that Majestic myriorama plainly told that half at least were stirred by some Unknown, though vigorous and potent cause.1869, William Alfred Peffer, Myriorama: A View of Our People and Their History, Together With the Principles Underlying, and the Circumstances Attending The Rise and Progress of the American Union