Collections

Their tools are black lights and Geiger counters.

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Cadavers from marginalized communities have been co-opted for collections since the 1700s.

For years, miners and geologists cooperated to uncover uniquely preserved fossils at Foulden Maar. But the site’s future is uncertain.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

A librarian with a love for eBay built this trove of culinary history.

One devoted Englishman accumulated hundreds of historic baby carriages.

To devoted collectors, the humble building materials are full of stories—and well worth stockpiling.

Growing since 1886, this taxonomic library is among the largest insect repositories in the world.

For decades, often using a fake identity, he stole antique maps worth thousands of dollars each.