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>> Dear all, >> >> I am looking for museums that have more or less authentic 16th-18th century >> styled curiosity cabinets in their exposition. Do they exist? >> >> Thanks for the help >> >> Paul Lambers Uppsala University possesses the Augsburg Cabinet, a fantastic art piece from the 17th Century (a gift from Augsburg, Germany in 1632, to the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf). It contains about a thousand objects in tiny drawers all over it, representing the world in miniature, from minerals and animals to musical instruments and games and scenes from Scripture. I think there are fossils in it, but cannot remember offhand. There is a picture of it at: http://www.gustavianum.uu.se/augsb_k_skap.htm And a description, unfortunately in Swedish... Graham -- Graham E. Budd Assistant Professor Department of Earth Sciences Historical Geology and Palaeontology University of Uppsala Uppsala Sweden SE-752 36 graham.budd@pal.uu.se Tel: + 46 18 471 27 62 FAX: + 46 18 471 27 49
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