The Contents of a Curiosity Cabinet
A cabinet of curiosities – or wunderkammer – stored and exhibited various objects and artefacts, particularly leaning towards the rare, eclectic and esoteric. They told a particular...
A Gift from the Principality of Lorenzburg!
What a treat to find a letter from a fellow micronationalist in the mailbox! And with a contribution to our future curiosity cabinet nonetheless. I...
What items will we add?
The old, seventeenth-century cabinets were filled with preserved animals, horns, tusks, skeletons, minerals, and other interesting human-made objects: ancient sculptures, miniatures; clockwork automata; ethnographic specimens from exotic locations....
Planning our Curiosity Cabinet: The Cabinet
A Cabinet of Curiosities can be a small glass or wood cabinet or an entire room filled with extraordinary collections that will spark the viewer’s...