The Kunstkammer concept reminds me of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, which is full of Awesome Things In Cabinets. They group their artifacts by type, not by culture/country/period, so visitors can see the variety of ways that different peoples do the same sorts of things. Every time I've been to Oxford, the museum has been closed for renovations, but there's a series of photographic panoramas of the museum that you can enjoy at home. My friends who live in Oxford tell me that every now and then, they have a special event where night-time visitors can explore the museum only by flashlight, which must be spooky-awesome!
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Date: 2012-02-10 05:49 pm (UTC)