Cabinet of Curiosities

Today's the day ........................ to display

When we came to this house, there was a recess in the lounge with glass shelving, lit by a light from above.  I immediately laid claim to it as the ideal place to be my - Cabinet of Curiosities. 

Classic Cabinets of Curiosities emerged in the 16th century. The term cabinet  originally described a room rather than a piece of furniture and the curiosities included, represented items of natural history (sometimes faked), geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art (including cabinet paintings) and antiquities. The most famous and best documented cabinets belonged to rulers and aristocrats - but members of the merchant class and early practitioners of science in Europe also formed collections that often were precursors of today’s museums.

So having spent a fair bit of my working life, looking after museum artefacts and archives, it's lovely to indulge myself with my own little collection of curiosities - all of which have a story to tell ......................