OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 56415

Wunderkammer

/ˈvʊndəˌkamə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cuarto de maravillas
A cabinet of scientific curiosities, especially during the late Renaissance.
Despite the frequent bric-à-brac dimension to such collections, these theatres of nature invited an appreciation of nature rather different from the Renaissance Wunderkammer which…
Tucked into a small storefront on Venice Boulevard, the museum has been called a modern-day wunderkammer and is the subject of a 1995 book, Mr. Wilsons Cabinet of Wonders (Pantheon…
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