Museum of curiosity

The artist Viktor Wynd is a collector with no apparent filter – taxidermy, human remains, giant beans and McDonald’s Happy Meal toys all form part of his collection

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Museums are often as interesting in their modes of organizing and collecting as the objects they collect themselves, reflecting a universal fascination with...

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If you have a taste for the macabre or even the downright peculiar the Museum of Curiosities in East London is the place to visit.

This project ‘to curate the university’ was inspired to coincide with The University of Cape Town’s 175th anniversary. The curators wanted to represent the university in all its diversity, drawing together collections of objects housed within it. At the same time, and more importantly, the project sought to subject the process of collecting and exhibiting to scrutiny and to force collections of objects from different disciplines into dialogue with each other. In this way, the exhibition was…

Founded to teach, to show off, or just to house an obsessive collection, the UK has some pretty impressive taxidermy collections. Here’s our pick of the best Grant Museum of Zoology London Established in the 1820s by Robert Grant, this collection...

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