Wunderkabinett

Cabinets of curiosities, also known as ‘wonder rooms’, were small collections of extraordinary objects which, like today’s museums, attempted to categorise and tell stories about the wonders and oddities of the natural world. The scenes were intended to work like plays or stories, representing particular themes or ideas - that, for example, our life on earth is short.

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"Cabinets of curiosities, also known as ‘wonder rooms’, were small collections of extraordinary objects which, like today’s museums, attempted to categorise and tell stories about the wonders and oddities of the natural world.
The scenes were intended to work like plays or stories, representing particular themes or ideas - that, for example, our life on earth is short."
http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item107648.html