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A Giant Cabinet of Curiosities in Paris

Every big city in the world has its own Natural History Museum, so what makes the one in Paris worth visiting? Well for one, there aren’t many major Natural History Museums that were abandoned for more than 25 years, closed to the public while they fell into disrepair with everything still inside… Archive images © Muséum national d’Histoire…
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Paper Toys for your Cabinet of Curiosities

The French National Library is one of my favourite places to time travel when I need a good distraction, especially since they have so much of their archives online to get lost in on the Gallica BNF website. Today I found a file with a rather large collection of paper toys of Christmas past from the early…

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The Clandestine VIP Dinner in Paris

I once heard this is where French Presidents take their mistresses. Discretely tucked away in a backstreet of South Pigalle, it doesn’t look like much from the outside, but I think that’s the idea. The windows are veiled with curtains hung just high enough so as not to give anything away about what or who is inside… Well,…

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An Artist’s Beautiful Obsession with Cabinets of Curiosity

Steffen Dam doesn’t quite live in the same world as everyone else. For decades, the Danish artist has been creating a veritable Wunderkrammer, or “Cabinet of Curiosities” out of his studio (a former 1930s school house) dedicated to the creation of a whole new genus of sea creatures — all made of glass. Every beaker, jar, and…

Check out the Most Eccentric AirBnB Pad in NYC

Do you remember that time we discovered the ‘Museum of Every Object you can Probably Think Of‘– that old farming estate in Parma, Italy with an an archive of more than 60,000 everyday artifacts masterfully arranged around the old house? Well I think I just found its stateside equivalent right in the heart of Williamsburg, New York. Welcome to…

Victor Frankenstein Auctioning off His Cabinet of Curiosities?

It’s not too late to become a 19th century mad scientist! A curious auction of Antique Scientific Instruments has caught our eye at one of the largest and oldest auction houses in Europe. The Dorotheum in Vienna going since 1707, holds 600 auctions a year, but this particular event is certainly going to attract some pretty interesting collectors.…

The Wonderful Lost World of Mr. Hendy

Number 36 High Street in Hastings, England, started out its very long life as a soda-bottling shop. During the restoration of this 18th century grade II listed Georgian town house, they unearthed bullet-shaped soda bottles under the floorboards. According to records, it was later a saddlers in the 19th century, then a tailor, a sweet shop, a…

Inside a Miniature Miss Havisham Mansion

I haven’t owned a dollhouse since I was a kid so I really don’t know what I would do with this stuff, but I’ve nevertheless developed a strange addiction to browsing miniature shops on Etsy. There’s one shop in particular that stands out to me for all its eerie bohemian and romantic oddity. Lady Delaney,…

Inside the Olympics of Taxidermy

Can you name a famous taxidermist? Me neither. When most people think of taxidermy, they think of dead animals hanging on a dark wood walls, but at the World Taxidermy Championships founded in 1983, the participants are trying to be accepted in the art world and see their creations recognised alongside the greatest art sculptures in the world.  “You have…

Inside the Shed of the Antlerman

I‘m slightly nervous about posting this article. Not only am I a little freaked out by this place myself, but I have a feeling I might get some flak for it. The problem is, I’m completely in awe of it, so here we go… I’m not entirely sure how I ended up on Antlerman.com, nor was I looking for…
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