Bristol, Rhode Island
Musée Patamécanique
The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.
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Bristol, Rhode Island
The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.
Pasadena, California
Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.
Haarlem, Netherlands
Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.
Johannesburg, South Africa
A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.
Abita Springs, Louisiana
A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Munich, Germany
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
Vienna, Austria
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Helsinki, Finland
A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.
Salzburg, Austria
The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.
Portland, Oregon
Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
South Hadley, Massachusetts
One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Carlsbad, California
This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.