Stories
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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Why the world needs collectors
Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.
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Thunderbolts and lightning
Fire in the sky has always exerted a hold on our imagination, even as early scientists unlocked the secrets of atmospheric electricity.
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
Catalogue
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Admirable curiosities, rarities and wonders in England, Scotland & Ireland / [R. B].
R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725Date: 1697- Books
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Snakes : curiosities and wonders of serpent life / by Catherine C. Hopley.
Hopley, Catherine Cooper.Date: 1882- Books
Admirable curiosities, rarities and wonders in England, Scotland and Ireland ... / by Richard Burton.
R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.Date: 1811- Ephemera
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The cabinet of curiosities, or wonders of the world displayed. No.5, The Spotted Negro Boy.
Date: [between 1820 and 1860?]- Ephemera
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The cabinet of curiosities, or wonders of the world displayed. No.15, Wybrand Lolkes, the Dutch Dwarf.
Date: [between 1820 and 1860?]