The Antiquarian

A Cabinet of Curiosities
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From Baron Calzolari's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
Today's Curiosity Random Summon Full Cabinet Categories History About

The Five Categories

Naturalia

Specimens from the natural world: fossils, shells, preserved creatures, minerals, and botanical specimens. The raw materials of wonder.

Artificialia

Human-made marvels: intricate mechanisms, miniatures, automata, instruments of precision. Art married to ingenuity.

Scientifica

Tools of natural philosophy: optical instruments, alchemical apparatus, measurement devices. The equipment of curiosity.

Exotica

Objects from distant lands: silks, porcelains, carvings, textiles. Evidence of worlds beyond the known horizon.

Mirabilia

Marvels and impossibilities: unicorn horns, dragon scales, relics of saints. Things that should not exist but somehow do.

These five categories were traditional in Renaissance Wunderkammern—cabinets of curiosity that preceded the modern museum.